Part 6 (1/2)

May 5 Worked on the wreck, cut another beareat fir planks off froether, and made swim on shore when the tide of flood caot several iron bolts out of her, and other pieces of iron-work; worked very hard, and ca it over

May 7 Went to the wreck again, but with an intent not to work, but found the weight of the wreck had broke itself down, the bea cut, that several pieces of the shi+p seemed to lie loose, and the inside of the hold lay so open, that I could see into it, but almost full of water and sand

May 8 Went to the wreck, and carried an iron crorench up the deck, which lay now quite clear of the water or sand; I wrenched open two planks, and brought them on shore also with the tide: I left the iron crow in the wreck for next day

May 9 Went to the wreck, and with the crow made way into the body of the wreck, and felt several casks, and loosened them with the crow, but could not break thelish lead, and could stir it, but it was too heavy to remove

May 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Went every day to the wreck, and got a great many pieces of tiht of iron

May 15 I carried two hatchets, to try if I could not cut a piece off the roll of lead, by placing the edge of one hatchet, and driving it with the other; but as it lay about a foot and a half in the water, I could not make any blow to drive the hatchet

May 16 It had blown hard in the night, and the wreck appearedin the woods to get pigeons for food, that the tide preventedto the wreck that day

May 17 I saw soreat distance, near two miles off me, but resolved to see what they were, and found it was a piece of the head, but too heavy foraway

May 24 Every day to this day I worked on the wreck, and with hard labour I loosened so tide several casks floated out, and two of the sea cashead, which had some Brasil pork in it, but the salt water and the sand had spoiled it

I continued this work every day to the 15th of June, except the ti this part of ht be ready when it was ebbed out; and by this tih to have built a good boat, if I had kno; and also I got at several tiht of the sheet-lead

June 16 Going down to the sea-side, I found a large tortoise or turtle: this was the first I had seen, which it seems was only my misfortune, not any defect of the place, or scarcity; for had I happened to be on the other side of the island, I ht have had hundreds of them every day, as I found afterwards; but perhaps had paid dear enough for the the turtle; I found in her threescore eggs; and her flesh was to me at that time thehad no flesh, but of goats and fowls, since I landed in this horrid place

June 18 Rained all day, and I stayed within I thought at this ti chilly, which I kneas not usual in that latitude

June 19 Very ill, and shi+vering, as if the weather had been cold

June 20 No rest all night, violent pains in hted almost to death with the apprehensions of my sad condition, to be sick, and no help Prayed to God for the first time since the storhts being all confused

June 22 A little better, but under dreadful apprehensions of sickness

June 23 Very bad again, cold and shi+vering, and then a violent headach

June 24 Much better

June 25 An ague very violent; the fit held me seven hours, cold fit and hot, with faint sweats after it

June 26 Better; and having no victuals to eat, took oat, and with ot it home, and broiled some of it, and ate; I would fain have stewed it, and ain so violent, that I lay abed all day, and neither ate or drank I was ready to perish for thirst, but so weak I had not strength to stand up, or to get ht-headed; and when I was not I was so ignorant, that I knew not what to say; only I lay and cried, ”Lord look upon me! Lord pityelse for two or three hours, till the fit wearing off, I fell asleep, and did not wake till far in the night; when I waked, I foundthirsty: however, as I had no water in , and went to sleep again

In this second sleep I had this terrible drearound on the outside of my wall, where I sat when the storm blew after the earthquake, and that I saw a ht flaht as a flame, so that I could but just bear to look towards him; his countenance was most inexpressibly dreadful, iround with his feet I thought the earth trembled, just as it had done before in the earthquake, and all the air looked to my apprehension as if it had been filled with flashes of fire