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this violence the ship was more broken open than formerly, so
many things came daily on shore, which the sea had loosened,
and which the winds and water rolled by degrees to the land.

This wholly diverted my thoughts from the design of remov-
ing my habitation, and I busied myself mightily, that day es-
pecially, in searching whether I could make any way into the
ship ; but I found nothing was to be expected of that kind, for
all the inside of the ship was choked up with sand. However,
as I had learned not to despair of anything, I resolved to pull
everything to pieces that I could of the ship, concluding that
everything I could get from her would be of some use or other
to me.

May 3.—Ii began with my saw, and cut a piece of a beam
through, which I thought held some of the upper part or quar-
ter-deck together, and when I cut it through, I cleared away
the sand as well as I could from the side which lay highest ;
but the tide coming in, I was obliged to give over for that
time.

May 4.—I went a-fishing, but caught not one fish that I
durst eat of, till I was weary of my sport ; when, just going to
leave off, I caught a young dolphin. I had made me a long
line of some rope-yarn, but I had no hooks ; yet I frequently
caught fish enough, as much as I cared to eat ; all which I dried
in the sun, and ate them dry.

May 5.—Worked on the wreck ; cut another beam asunder,
and brought three great fir planks from the decks, which I tied
together, and made to float on shore when the tide of flood
came on.

May 6.—Worked on the wreck ; got several iron bolts out
of her, and other pieces of iron-work ; worked very hard, and
came home very much tired, and had thoughts of giving it
over,

May 7.—Went to the wreck again, not with anintent to work,
but found the weight of the wreck had broke itself down, the
beams being cut ; the several pieces of the ship seemed to lie
loose, and the inside of the hold lay so open that I could see
into it; but it was almost full of water and sand.

May 8.—Went to the wreck, and carried an iron crow to
wrench 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 loos-