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177°- timbers, and in a great meafure flopped thofe parts of the
v-^—> leak which the ftone had left open. Upon further examina-
Fnday tie*? we found that, befides the leak, confiderable damage
had been done to the bottom; great part of the flieathing was
gone from under the larboard bow; a confiderable part of
the falfe keel was alfo wanting, and thefe indeed we had
feen fwim away in fragments from the veffel, while Ihe lay
beating againft the rock: the remainder of it was in fo Ihat-
tered a condition that it had better have been gone, and the
fore foot and main keel were alfo damaged, but not fo as
to produce any immediate danger jj what damage Ihe might
have received abaft could not yet be exactly known, but we
had reafon to think it was not much, as but little water
made its way into her bottom, while the tide kept below the
. leak which has already been defcribed. By nine o’clock in
the morning the carpenters got to work upon her, while the
fmiths. were bufy in making bolts and nails. In the mean time,
fome of the people were fent on the other fide of the water
to fhoot pigeons for the fick, who at their return reported that
they had feen an animal as large as a greyhound, of a ffender
make, a moufe colour, and extremely fwift; they difcovered
alfo many Indian houfes, and a fine flream of frefh water.
Saturday 23. The next morning, I fent a boat to haul the feine ; but at
noon it returned with only three fifh, and yet we faw them
in plenty leaping about the harbour. This day the carpenter
finilhed the repairs that were neceffary on the ftarboard
fide ; and at nine o’cloek in the evening, we heeled the fhip
the other way, and hauled her off about two feet for fear of
neiping. This day almoft every body had feen the animal
which the pigeon-lhooters had brought an account of the
day before; and one of the feamen, who had been rambling
in the woods, told us at his return, that he verily believed
he