Found November 1877, on the shore at Luce Bay, Wigtownshire
In a bottle, written in pencil on a piece of paper, the writing very much faded:
On the 29th April, 1876, the ship Herclades was wrecked on the extremity of Patagonia. Crew in the hands of savages. Bring us assistance, my God. Latitude 24, longitude 21. [indistinct] Sighted a vessel.
Wigtownshire is in south west Scotland, more than 7,000 miles from the South American region of Patagonia.
[Edinburgh Evening News, 3 November 1877]
Messages from the Sea 