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A U G U S T .
Saturday
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in thé d o ck -y a rd ; and at tên o’clock th e y g o t th e keel laid
on th e blocks, and the ftem and ftern-poft bolted. In the
afternoon th e boats, w h ich had departed early, returned from
th e wreck, b r ing in g w ith them a good deakmore plank, two
fu ll calks o f b e e f, -and more than that quantity that had go t
loofe, befides fome emp ty water-cafks, w h ich ou r people
w e re obliged to be attentive to, in order, to fecure enough
fo r th e ir futu re voyag e, th e natives h a v in g deftroyèd fè-
veral o f , th em fo r the fake o f th e iron hoops.— Some little
m u rm u r in g h a v in g arofe among thofe w h o were ftationed
to th e carpenters wo rk, th e heat ó f the weather and their
n ew employment h a v in g terribly bliftered their hands, and
th eir bodily fatigue added to this, had g iv en bir th to] the
difcontent; in th e e v en ing , a fte r fupper, Captain Wilson
to ok oceafioe to notice th e uneafinefs h e had difcovered,
and h ow blamable it was in thofe, w h o w e re beft able to
labour, to exprefs fu ch diflatisfadtion, when even th eW e ak -
eft partook o f th eir fhare in the general to i l : and thus, b y
a proper and well-timed reafoning, eve ry difqutet was-fub-
dued, and perfedt harmony and good-humour reftored.— It
wa s propofed, that all fhould drink to the fubcefs ó f the
Re l ie f , which'wa s the name intended to b e gfiven the veffel
n ow b e g u n ; and on this pleafant occafxon thé Captain allotted
e v e ry man a double allowance o f grog.
Squally w e a th e r ; yet the boats b rou gh t one o f the f ix -
pounders on fhore. Our people w ere bufied all day about
the
th e veffel. B y fome canoes' feen to-day, it was' underftood,
that the K ing' w a s returned to p E L E ^ fe om th e , expedition.
Our boats*, in their feyeral tr ip s,’'b ayih g gdffias mu ch
planh and ftores as'was ju d g e d to fee iu fficien t for their pre-^
feht Waiits,1 all hands were employed about the veffel, and in
fbliin’g timber! T h e ' gUrinely w ith other'afliftahts, go t the
fix-pounder'mounted on a' carriage'^and Hpunged and fcaled,
fit 'for fervice, w h ich was then fixed in 'th e dpeniiig o f the
barricade prepared fo r it, fb as fo command,,the entrance o f
th e cove. T h is day a fmall fp ring o f w ater was difcovered
ih the MrfeoufI
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A U G U S T .
Sunday 24.
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