About Ten O'clock They
Embarked These In Their Shallop And Skiff, And, Perceiving Their
Vessel Began To Break, They Doubled
Their diligence; they likewise
endeavoured to get their bread up, but they did not take the same
care of the
Water, not reflecting in their fright that they might be
much distressed for want of it on shore; and what hindered them most
of all was the brutal behaviour of some of the crew that made
themselves drunk with wine, of which no care was taken. In short,
such was their confusion that they made but three trips that day,
carrying over to the island 180 persons, twenty barrels of bread,
and some small casks of water. The master returned on board towards
evening, and told the captain that it was to no purpose to send more
provisions on shore, since the people only wasted those they had
already. Upon this the captain went in the shallop, to put things
in better order, and was then informed that there was no water to be
found upon the island; he endeavoured to return to the ship in order
to bring off a supply, together with the most valuable part of their
cargo, but a storm suddenly arising, he was forced to return.
The next day was spent in removing their water and most valuable
goods on shore; and afterwards the captain in the skiff, and the
master in the shallop, endeavoured to return to the vessel, but
found the sea run so high that it was impossible to get on board.
In this extremity the carpenter threw himself out of the ship, and
swam to them, in order to inform them to what hardships those left
in the vessel were reduced, and they sent him back with orders for
them to make rafts, by tying the planks together, and endeavour on
these to reach the shallop and skiff; but before this could be done,
the weather became so rough that the captain was obliged to return,
leaving, with the utmost grief, his lieutenant and seventy men on
the very point of perishing on board the vessel.
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