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T. B. Wilson. Narrative of a Voyage Round the World
Narrative of a Voyage Round the World
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
APPENDIX, [No. I.]
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MURRAY'S ISLAND
APPENDIX, No. II
A SHORT VOCABULARY OF THE DIALECT OF. THE NATIVES OF RAFFLES BAY
[APPENDIX, No. III.]
SPECIMEN OF THE DIALECT OF THE NATIVES. OF KING GEORGE'S SOUND
APPENDIX, No. [IV.]
REMARKS ON TRANSPORTATION, &c. &c
[APPENDIX, No. V.]
ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS
THE END
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T. B. Wilson
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Nothing occurred during the night to disturb us, and we did not awake till daylight, when we found ourselves much renovated by our uninterrupted repose. At an early hour we assembled, and partook of breakfast, consisting of cocoa, biscuit, and delicious oysters, which were found here, and caught in abundance at low water.
The receding tide having left the boats a-ground, the carpenter's first care was, to examine into the state of the long-boat. His report was exceedingly unfavourable. Besides standing much in need of caulking, and other repairs, it was discovered that the worms had committed sad havoc, several of the planks in her bottom being in an alarmingly decayed state, from their depredations. In short, the carpenter was afraid to meddle with her, lest he might make affairs worse,—but it was absolutely necessary that something should be done. We had no pitch, but we had a considerable quantity of oakum, and the carpenter was directed to chintz the worst places very gently, and afterwards to apply some tallow, and then to nail canvas over all. These operations being completed, he was to fix the tarpawling bulwark in a more secure and efficient manner, that we might be protected from the disagreeable intrusion of the spray. The other boats being in good order, and well-found, only required a bulwark, or railing, to render them completely sea-worthy.
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