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As they had carefully collected what- 
ever happened to be caft en fhore, to 
fnpply them with fuel, they had found 
amongfr. the wrecks of veffels fome cor- 
dage, and a fmall quantity of oakum 
(a kind of hemp irfed for calking fhips) 
which ferved them to make wicks for their 
lamp. When thefe ftores began to fail, 
their fhirts, and their drawers (which 
are worn by almoft all Ruffian peafants) 
were employed to make good the defi- 
ciency. By thefe means they kept their 
lamp burning without intermiiTion, from 
the day they firft made it (a work they 
fet about foon after their arrival on the 
ifland) until that of their embarkation 
for their native country. 
The nccefiitv of converting the mofr. 
effential parts of their cloathing, fuch as 
their fhirts and drawers, to the ufe 
above fpecified, expofed them the more 
to the rigour of the climate. r « hey alio 
found themfelves in want of fboes, boots, 
and other articles of drefs; and as winter 
was 
