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           Harding,notknowingwhatthefuturemighthaveinstoreforthem,approvedthesailor’sideaofmakingthecraftasstrongaspossible.Theinterioranddeckofthevesselwasentirelyfinishedtowardsthe15thofSeptember.Forcalkingtheseamstheymadeoakumofdryseaweed,whichwashammeredinbetweentheplanks;thentheseseamswerecoveredwithboilingtar,whichwasobtainedingreatabundancefromthepinesintheforest.

           Themanagementofthevesselwasverysimple.Shehadfromthefirstbeenballastedwithheavyblocksofgranitewalledup,inabedoflime,twelvethousandpoundsofwhichtheystowedaway.

           Adeckwasplacedoverthisballast,andtheinteriorwasdividedintotwocabins;twobenchesextendedalongthemandservedalsoaslockers.Thefootofthemastsupportedthepartitionwhichseparatedthetwocabins,whichwerereachedbytwohatchwaysletintothedeck.

           Pencrofthadnotroubleinfindingatreesuitableforthemast.Hechoseastraightyoungfir,withnoknots,andwhichhehadonlytosquareatthestep,androundoffatthetop.Theironworkofthemast,therudderandthehullhadbeenroughlybutstronglyforgedattheChimneys.Lastly,yards,masts,boom,spars,oars,etc.,wereallfurnishedbythefirstweekinOctober,anditwasagreedthatatrialtripshouldbetakenroundtheisland,soastoascertainhowthevesselwouldbehaveatsea,andhowfartheymightdependuponher.

           Duringallthistimethenecessaryworkshadnotbeenneglected.

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