Excerpt from Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, Vol. 12: And American Repertory of Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures, and of American and Other Patented InventionAfter passing the Wimble Shoals, the Home had been headed up still more to the eastward, in order to weather the Hatteras Shoals, and shortly before passing these shoals was discovered to have sprung a leak. Much search was made for the mysterious leak, but Without success and the melancholy result is already stated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.