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were readily tamed. The crew dug wells and obtained fresh water which was 
• somewhat brackish. Potatoes, melons, and other fruits and vegetables were 
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planted, and soon sprouted, but withered fdr lack of rain. Bain fell for 
only twelve hours during the five months the sailors were shipwrecked, and 
the temperature remained in the 90' s. The sea fowl frequently dropped dead 
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suddenly, apparently from the heat. 
The crew built a schooner of 35 tons, which they named the Hope , from 
the wreckage of their Vessel. They were forced to fabricate saws from hoop- 
iron, but had a carpenter and blacksmith, a forge and sufficient coal, and 
other necessary items for ship building. The schooner, painted, sheathed, 
and copper-fastened throughout, was launched on 10 September 1844. Captain 
Pell and 24 of the crew sailed for Hawaii on the 14th, leaving eleven men on 
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the island to look after the property, valued at $30>°00. She arrived in 
Hawaii on 8 October 1844. 
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An article entitled "A Romance of the Sea" in the Boston Bee for 2 April, 
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1845 gives a slightly different account of the ship wreck, and comments 
further on the Holder Borden and the Hone , hut these comments are not relevant 
to the history of Lisianski. 
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Captain Pell purchased the American brig Delaware in Honolulu, and sailed 
from there on 20 October 1844 to recover the men and supplies on Lisianski. 
On 29 October they discovered a shoal, named after the ship, at 25°50 l north 
latitude and I 74 ° 26 ,f west longitude, where they were able to anchor in 15 
/ fathoms of water. (Boston Daily Journal , 11 July 1845)* (Taken from The 
Friend , Honolulu, date?). 
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On 1 November the Delaware anchored off Lisianski. The following day 
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she was moved inside the reef and Captain Pell commenced loading the oil 
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which had heen left from the wreck. Only 900 barrels were saved, as the 
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