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ing to custom ; and as soon as they returned on shore, ex- 

 pressed their satisfaction by sending off a quantity of fresh 

 vegetables for the use of the crew. 



At dayhght on the 3d of June, a signal gun was fired 

 from the ship, and a number of canoes immediately put oflf 

 to tow her into the inner harbour, for the purpose of being 

 anchored in a safer place. At eight o'clock, she was, with 

 some difficulty, brought through the narrow channel of the 

 Bay, and moored in perfect security, within a short dis- 

 tance of the shore. For this service, the natives received 

 each a piece of new iron hoop, and left the ship, well satis- 

 fied with their reward. Besides Captain Winship, lieut. 

 Gamble here met with three Americans, Navarrow, But- 

 ler, and Marshall ; who had recently been officers of Ame- 

 rican ships, and were now living unemployed on the Island. 

 From Mr. Navarrow midshipman Clapp was so fortunate 

 as to purchase a pair of pistols, and some clothes, of which 

 he stood greatly in need. Mr. Marshall had been mate of 

 the American ship Lark, Captain Holmes, from New- 

 York, which, in the month of April, upset in a gale of wind, 

 in the latitude of the Sandwich Islands. The crew re- 

 mained upon the hull of the vessel two weeks, when she 

 drifted among the rocks, on the island of Mowee. The 

 natives no sooner discovered the wreck, than they ran 

 down immediately to it, and plundered the officers and 

 crew of every article they possessed. 



At sunset on the 4th, the natives reported that they had 

 seen a strange sail off Diamond hill; and lieut. Gamble, 

 being extremely desirous of leaving the island as soon as 

 possible, set all hands to work the following morning, in 

 repairing some serious defects in the ship. Two of the 

 hands were sent on shore to patch up an old boat which 

 Captain Winship had given him, being the best in his pos- 

 session ; and from Haamah Mylie he was fortunate enough 

 to purchase a good canoe, for ten dollars ; for Haamah My- 

 tie would trade for nothing but cash. The crew were now 

 of sufficient strength to manage the ship in the worst of 

 weather, nine men having entered for an indefinite period, 

 and received each an advance, not exceeding fifteen dollars, 

 in new iron hoops. Taking all things into consideration, 

 Captain Winship was quite comfortably situated at Whya- 

 teetee Bay. He had already resided on the Island upwards 



