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Tent. Some in making- mortcr, and hewing of boards to 

 l)aild the other side withall, and two others all the while 

 in Haying of our Venison. And thus, having built the two 

 outermost sides of the Tent with Bricks and Morter, and 

 our Bricks now almost spent, wee were enforc't to build 

 the other two sides with Boards ; and that in this manner. 

 First, we nayl'd our Deale boards on one side of the Post or 

 Stancheon, to the thicknesse of one foot : and on the other 

 side in like manner : and so filling up the hollow place be- 

 tweene with sand, it became so light and warme, as not 

 the least breath of ayre could possibly annoy us. Our 

 Chimneys vent was into the greater Tent, being the breadth 

 of one deale board and foure foot long. The length of 

 this our Tent was twenty foot, and the breadth sixteene ; 

 the heighth tenne ; our seeling being Deale boards five or 

 sixe times double, the middle of one joyning so close to 

 the shut of the other, that no wiude could possibly get 

 betweene. As for our doore, besides our making it so close 

 as possibly it could shut ; we lined it moreover with a bed 

 that we found lying there, which came over both the opening 

 and the shutting of it. As for windowes, we made none at 

 all, so that our light wee brought in through the greater 

 Tent, by removing two or three tyles in the eaves, which 

 light came to us through the vent of our Chimney. Our 

 next worke was, to set up foure Cabbins, billetting our 

 selves two and two in a Cabbine. Our beds were the 

 Deeres skinnes dryed, which we found to be extraordinary 

 warme, and a very comfortable kinde of lodging to us in our 

 distresse. Our next care then was for firing to dresse our 

 meate withall, and for keeping away the cold. Examining, 

 therefore, all the Shallops that had beene left a-shoare there 

 by the Ships, we found seven of them very crazie, and not 

 serviceable for the next yeare. Those wee made bold 

 withuU, brake them vp and carried them into our house, 

 stowinsr them over the beamcs in manner of a floore ; in- 



