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lengthen her about twelve feet by'the keel, 

 For this purpofe, all thofe who could be 

 fpared from the more immediate talk of 



procuring fubiiftence, were employed in 



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fitting and lhaping timber as the carpen- 

 ter diredted them ; I fay, in procuring fub- 

 liftence, becaufe the weather lately having 

 been very tempeftuous, and the wreck 

 working much, had difgorged a great 

 part of her contents, which were every 

 where difperfed about the fhore. 



We now fent frequent parties up the 

 Lagoons, which fometimes fucceeded in 

 getting forne fea-fowl for us. The In- 

 dians appearing again in the offing, we 

 put off our yawl, in order to fruftrate 

 any defign they might have of going up 

 the Lagoon towards the deferters, who 

 would have availed themfelves of fome 

 of their canoes to have got upon the 

 main. Having conducted them in, we 

 found that their intention was to fettle 

 among us, for they had brought their 



wives 



