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carpenters, who were employed in flopping the leak, were '779- 



obliged to take off a great part of the fheathing from the v. — ,- _j 

 bows, and found many of the trunnels fo very lcofe and 

 rotten, as to be eafily drawn out with the fingers. 



On the nth, they had heavy gales from the North Eafl, Tuefday u. 

 which obliged both the fhips to ftrike yards and topmafb ; 

 but in the afternoon the weather being more moderate, and 

 the ice having drifted away as far as the mouth of the 

 harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, they warped clofe to the 

 fhore for the greater convenience of watering and wooding, 

 and again moored as before ; the town bearing North half 

 Weft, half a mile diftant, and the mouth of the bay, fliut 

 in by the Southernmoft point of Rakowina harbour, South. 



The next day a party was fent on fhore to cut wood, but Wednef. 12. 

 made little progrefs on account of the fnow, which flill co- 

 vered the ground. A convenient fpot was cleared away 

 abreaft of the fhips, where there was a fine run of water ; 

 and a tent being erected for the cooper, the empty cafks 

 were landed, and the fail- makers fent on fhore. 



On the 15th, the beach being clear of ice, the people were Saturday 15. 

 fent to haul the feine, and caught an abundant fupply of 

 fine flat fifh for both the fhips companies. Indeed, from 

 this time, during the whole of our ftay in the harbour, we 

 were abfolutely overpowered with the quantities of fifh which 

 came in from every quarter. The Toions, both of this town, 

 and of Paratounca, a village in the neighbourhood, had re- 

 ceived orders from Major Behm to employ all the Kamr- 

 fchadales in our fervice ; fo that we frequently could not 

 take into the fhips the prefents that were fent us. They 

 confided, in general, of flat fifh, cod, trout, and herring. 

 Thefe laft, which were in their full perfection, and of a 



delicious 



