AN ACCOUNT OF 
1783. 
AUGUST. 
was ufed by the Engli/h as a farewel, and wifh of fuccefs, the 
King made all his men hand up in their canoes and return 
the fecond and third. 
As foon as the natives were gone, the boats were fent to 
the wreck, but our people did not think it fafe to go on 
board, as they perceived two canoes there of a larger con- 
ftm6tion, and feveral fmaller ones in fight, which they fup~ 
pofed to come from the ifland which was then at war with 
the King; our boats were therefore obliged, very reluc^ 
tantly, to return empty. During this day our people felled 
feveral trees for a Item, the one they before had proving 
rotten in the middle ; and their prefent leifure, added to the 
little profpe£t of being interrupted by the natives for fome 
days, induced them to embrace this opportunity to form 
the plan of their intended veffel. Mr. Barker, the fe¬ 
cond officer, who had, in the earlier part of life, been con- 
verfant in the bufinefs of a dock-yard, affifted Captain Wil¬ 
son and the carpenters in defigning the veffel, which was 
now determined fhould be a Schooner, as eafier worked. 
The plan was ffiewn to every body, and. approved by all. 
The petty officers and common men confidering, that to 
purfue this interefling bufinefs, every individual muft do 
his part, and all concur in becoming obedient to the com¬ 
mand of one fuperior , who fhould condu6l and regulate the 
whole operation, the affe&ion each had born to their Cap¬ 
tain, and ftill bore him, though misfortune had fevered the 
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