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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[MARCH, 1902.
THE WRECK OF THE DODDINGTON," 1755.
BY R. C. TEMPLE. (Continued from Vol. XXX. p. 499.)
Transactions on Bird Island. Monday 26th. The Wind Werly and Fair Weal. This Morning the Boat Went out a Fishing and Made two Trips with (caught] 23 Fish [ 3.31 The Carpenter Employ on the Timbers; Smith Mending a Saucepan; people Carrying Over Plank.
Tuesday 26. Wind and Weat as pr Day past. Had great Success to day. Catched 45 large Fish, Weighing one with Another About 8 pound apiece. Lickwise Fetched the Pork from the Other Island & am in great hopes Smoaking will keep it from Growing Worse. Carpenter as before. Smith Finish'd & Saucepan & Made a Frying pan out of a Copper (Pot] and Some Fish Hooks. Boild Salt Water all day and Made About a pound of Salt.
Wednesday 27th. Light Variable Winds. In the Morning, Went Out the Boat a Fishing d Brought in 27 Fish. In the Afternoon I went Round the Island in the Boat to See if I Could Find the Ships Bottom, but did not. Canght 11 Fish & Came in. Carpenter Employed on the Timbers, Smith Making & Maull. This Tarn'd out a fine day to go to the Main, but looking Dirty (in the Morn] : was the Reason we did not attempt it. Raised a Tent On the Building place to Smoak Oar Pork in. The Salt we Made is so Copperish Cannot Use it.
Thursday 28th. Fresh Breezes Eterly, this morning Mr Collett & 2 men Sett out for che Main in the Small Boat, but the day did not Tarn out so good as it promised; for before they got one third of the Way Over, the Wind Freshened & looked Dirty, which Soon Made too Much Sea, for that little Babble of a Boat, So was (were] Obliged to Return. They had not landed of an hour Before the Barr Broke so Much that it would be [have been] Impossible for them to [have] Come in; however, Shall have the Other Tryall [Tryal] the First Oppertunity Made Some More Salt but is (prov'd) as bad as the First.
Friday 20. Variable Wind & Cloudy Weather, the people Clearing away the Wreck, to Come at a Sail to Cover Tent we Intend to Raise on that Side the Boat is Building, to gett our things in Readiness, when please God, we shall be Ready to go Away, which I fear want
will not be this 3 Months. Made a Dam to Hold Salt water. We Are in hopes the sun will Make Salt. Notwithstanding Put in Some Tons None will Remain one the Top 10 Minutes, No give Over all Thoughts of Success in this Affair.
Saturday Augt 306 Wind Wterly and Cloudy Wea!. Carpenter at Work on the Timbers People Carrying round Sparrs to Baild Tents, the Boat went (out) a Fishing & Cangkit 20 Fish.
Sunday Aug 31. Wind Southerly & Cloudy Wear & Rain. Our only want now is Bread.
31 A word erased after
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