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lengthen her about twelve feet by the keel. 

 For this purpofe, ail thofe who could be 

 fpared from the more immediate tafk of 

 procuring fubfiftence, were employed in 

 fitting and fliaping timber as the carpen- 

 ter dire6led them ; I fay, in procuring fub- 

 fiftence, becaufe the weather lately having 

 been very tempeiluous, and the wreck 

 working much, had difgorged a great 

 part of her contents, which were every 

 where difperfed about the fliore. 



We now fent frequent parties up the 

 Lagoons, which fometimes fucceeded in 

 getting feme 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 conduced them in, we 

 found that their intention was to fettle 

 amon^ us, for they h^d brought their 



wives 



