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and on Mr. Haskett's opening it to wash it a3 

 usual with salt water, he found three pieces of 

 the skull had worked out ; which circumstance, 

 however, he did not communicate to Mr. Car- 

 ter, hut, on the contrary, gave him every as- 

 surance of its doing well. 



" Mr. Carter, having been very w r eak from 

 the opening of the wound, the throat of the re- 

 maining bird was cut and applied to Mr. Car- 

 ter's mouth, and, yielding a few drops of blood, 

 gave him great relief. They divided the 

 bird in the same manner they had done the 

 other. 



" On the morning of the ninth, Mr. Carter 

 was so much reduced as to be under the neces- 

 sity of drinking his own urine, which example 

 was followed by the other two, and notwith- 

 standing its being disagreeable, they found 

 great relief from it. About nine at night Mr. 

 Shaw and Mr. Haskett found themselves so 

 weak and overcome by sleep, that not being 

 able to stand to the steer oar, they lashed the 

 car, and found the boat went along very stea- 

 dily. After joining in a prayer of thanksgivi ng 

 to the Almighty, to whose protection they com- 

 mitted themselves, they lay' down and had a re- 

 freshing sleep; occasionally, however, they 

 could not refrain from starting up to look out 

 for land or danger. 



"They resumed their labours at the oar on the 

 morning of the 10th, which were rather increas- 

 ed by its blowing fresh and by a heavy swell, 

 which obliged them to reef the sail. It was 



