° ’clock we a§abl came to»»«thirteen fathom- water, over a muddy
— hottom, mooring the Ihip with tile kedge and flream cable.
During the greateft part of the 3d, the weather was- moderate;
but in the night, a ftrong gale of wind'came on-, at North Well,
which making, the veflel: ride very heavy, and'labour much, we un-
mooredlhip at fixo’clock in the morning of the 4th; and began to
warp towards, the head of the bay. In the- afternoon we came to
with the bell bower, in eight fathom water, and moored the veflel
with the llream cable, to a tree on Ihore.
It was the intention of our Captains, the firlt fecure harbour we
came into, to haul the veffels on Ihore, in order-that their bottoms
might be. thoroughly fcrubbed, and a frelh coat laid on. This
place being peculiarly-fit for the purpofe, early in-the morning of
the 5th, the King George was-hauled on Ihore, and the people immediately
fet to work in fcrubbing and cleaning her bottom > the
carpenters were employed in repairing the damaged Iheathing.
Mean while, it not being prudent ;for both weffels to-be on Ihore at
the fame time, our people were bufily employed, fome in clearing
the hold, and over-hauling-the provifions, others were font on
Ihore to fill water, and the coopers were employed in repairing
fome butts,, and other calks that were faulty.
Whilll all this bufinefs was. going -forward, with every exertion
in our power, in order that nothing might be left unattempted, nor
any opportunity loll that we could ppffibly lay-hold of, towards
facilitating our grand objedl, early in the morning of the 5th, Captain
Dixon took our whale boat, together with the King George’s
long boat and whale boat, all well manned and armed, in order to
trade
trade in the adjacent found, or wherever he judged it likely to meet 1787.
with inhabitants. i May- ^
On the 6th, our cooper was employed in making Ipruce beer :
as we expected to have frequent opportunities of fupplymg our-
felves with this wholefome beverage on the American Coall, we.
brought out a quantity of yealt in bottles, prepared by a Mrs.
Stainlby, of London , and it would be doing her injullice not to
fay, that the yeall was now found to Unfwer our moll languine-
expeflat-ions, in working the fpruce, being equally good as when
firlt brought from England. The people were bufied in bringing;
water from Ihore, and flowing it away in the hold, which, by this-
time, was compleatly over-hauled.
On the 7th, the King George’s bottom being nearly compleated,.
we llruck our top-malls, and got every thing clear for hauling our
veflel on Ihore.. -■
The tide ferving at four o’clock in the morning of the 8th, we-
hauled on the graving bank. At eight o’clock we began to ferape
her, and having -cleaned one fide, we breamed her, paying her afterwards
with a compolitk-m of oil, tar, llulh, and chalk, this being
the bell coat we had in our power to-lay on. At five in the afternoon,
being nearly high water, we fwung her, in order to clean the
other fide : we feraped it on the 9th, but the weather proving wet
and unfavourable, Ihe could not be/ compleated; fo that w h a t.
hands could be fpared, were-fènt on Ihore to cut wood.
- Early in the morning of the ioth, Captain Dixon returned-with
the boats. As -this excurfion was attended with feveral interelling
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