Memoir of Sir John Forbes ... / [Edmund Alexander Parkes].

  • Parkes, Edmund A. (Edmund Alexander), 1819-1876.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoir of Sir John Forbes ... / [Edmund Alexander Parkes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attempt to save tlie life of a sailor who had been washed overboard. He was a strong and bold swimmer; but the current of the Elbe was so rapid, that he was carried down two miles from the ship before he was picked up. In the West Indies he had saved the life of a man in the same way. One more reminiscence of his navy life may be permitted. It was in the North Sea that Forbes volunteered for a cutting- out expedition; the lieutenant in command showed the white feather, and would not bring the boat within reach of shot. Forbes, who was all ardour and courage, was so indignant that he tore off his cutlass, and throwing it down at the bottom of the boat, with some strong expressions, declared that he would not be caught on a fool's errand again.