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a difficulty arofe with what they were to pay it, having 
neither pitch , rqfin , or dammer : and here Providence 
directed them to a refource in the produce of the ifland ; 
for, confulting together how to fupply this want, putty was 
propofed; but they having no chalk to make it, fome of 
them recollected that the feams of veffels in India, and 
efpecially in China, were payed with Chinam ; the Chinefe 
were immediately called, and queltioned about the mode of 
preparing it; which, after the beft information they could 
colledt, they endeavoured to imitate in the following man¬ 
ner :—They took the coral-hone, and making a large pile 
or kiln with it, and the branches of trees they had cut 
down, they burnt it well into lime; which being pounded 
fine, was lifted through bunting, after which it was mixed 
with fuch greafe as had been faved ; and this made a molt 
excellent putty. 
The w r eather being cloudy, with light northerly breezes, 
all our people were employed about the veffel, when their 
attention was fomewhat taken off by two canoes coming into 
the harbour to filh for bait; their method of doing it link¬ 
ing all our feamen as uncommon, may, without impropriety, 
be mentioned :—The boatmen look about for a fhoal of that 
fort of fiih which they bait with, which is not much unlike 
our fprat; thefe they drive into lhallow water, and having 
covered their canoes and outriggers with matting, they then 
make a great Ihouting and noife, fplafhing the water w T ith 
their 
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NOVEMBER. 
Sunday 2. 
