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encounter in thefe vifits to the wreck, 

 cannot be eafily defcribed ; for no part of 

 it being above water except the quarter- 

 deck and part of the fore-caftle, we were 

 ufually obliged to purchafe fuch things 

 as were within reach, by means of large 

 hooks fattened to poles, in which bufi- 

 nefs we were much incommoded by the 

 dead bodies floating between decks. 



In order to fecure what v/e thus got 

 ii> a manner to anfwer the ends and 

 purpofes above -mentioned, captain Cheap 

 ordered a ftore-tent to be erected near 

 his hut, as a repofitory, from which no- 

 thing was to be dealt out, but in the 

 meafure and proportion agreed upon by 

 the officers ; and though it was very bard 

 upon us petty officers, who were fatigued 

 with hunting all day in queft of food, 

 to defend this tent from invafion by night, 

 no other means could be devifed for this 

 purpofe fo effecftual as the committing 

 this charge to our care j and we were ac- 

 cordingly 



