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Thus I stayed till the water ebbed, when I placed my cargo safe on land.
The next day I resolved to make a second voyage. My raft
being too unwieldy, I swam to the ship, and made another, on
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which I placed two or three bags of nails and spikes, some hatchets, a grindstone, two or three iron crows, seven muskets, and another fowling piece, two barrels of powder, a large bag of small shot, and all the men’s clothes I could find, a squaro fore-topsail, a hammock and some bedding ; all of which I brought safe to land.
I now went to work to make a little hut with the sails and
some poles, which I cut for that purpose ; and into it I brought every thing that I knew would spoil either with the sun or rain : I piled all the empty chests and casks in a circle round the hut to fortify it from any sudden attempt from man or beast ; I blocked up the door with boards ; and spreading one of the beds upon the ground, laying my two pistols just at my head, and my gun by me, I went to bed, and slept very quietly all night.
Every day at low water I went on board, and brought away
