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; April 1 4 th.
16th.
18th.
2 0 th.
Fine weather enabled--u s -to prepare the fhip for
heaving down,;as'it was impoffible)„tp get .at the leak '
which had troubled us fo long by any .other- means. -
The Lady Wafhington came' along-fide ; into her
we put our lpirite, ■ hops,; and perifhablerftoresi fitting
our capftern on board of’her;»->
The carpenters completed a wharf, ninety Tfoef jrr
length and twelvfe''in height,v_from" which-was
pended a ftage forty feet in length,* for the pufpofe of
relading the fhip.
We had fine weather, whichepabled u^tofolear tlie
fhip of the coals and fliingle pallaft.
We hove opt the larboard fide as low as. the gar-
board ftreak, found 1-4 feet of the falfe keel carried
away, and plugged up a , bolt-hole in vtfee
ftreak, whence the leak was fuppofed to proceeds
In. the carpenter’s opinion, no bolt had ever Jbe.en.
drove through the planking to -the floor timb.er,
as the augur hole boring remained perfect; nor
was there any appearance of decayed iron. The
thipnefs of the copper which covered it had
cracked
cracked round the hole, and by that means the water c p‘
was admitted. It was'ialfo exactly in the fame place ~— 11
the carpenflil. had fuppofed, on examining; the .lim- . AprilU
bers,; .and whence the coming in of the water was pencil
Ved.-.Lndeed tkere-wa&md other part of the bottom
of* the fhip that’" appeared tq^ffo'had the.'copper
fopkecLwefty * though- in feme paTts fiiuch^Wojrn-. i^n»-
othcr bolt beldwithe for-echains^ was decayed through
tfie planking ;» and that part which remained indicated
thatelt had been corroded *by,ithe_ copper; The fhip
was righted ; and four' pumps continually worked for 1
tHree'-hours, befides foailiagwith buckets,, .fo^ee her
from the**,water-that kad;fiowed;.in thrddgh hep),upper
works,-whilft tying down oathe^eareen. | Her draught
of water was’ 9 feet 3 ihehes forward, and’ 10 .feet 3
inches’ abaft. ■ When, the fhip was hove out, only
15 chaldrons^of coal and one ton of bread were left in
herr The-ftage was*--taken in* from, the wharf,, the
veffetf cleaned- fthroughoilt, and • the -ftore-rooms and
magazines well dried.. Windy and rainy weather for
feveral days impeded-; our roperations, though in time
we received ;o-ur iron, ballaft, &c. Soon after .we
cleared the Lady Wafhington rbrig, and: fhe hauled
from*.us.
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