Romish religion; we gave ’em out of the ship two bales of cloth and sent them ashore to the captain, he gave them hats, and presented each of them with a soldier’s coat.  They had abundance of the largest and best muscles I ever saw, or tasted.  This day was the first time of the boatswain’s coming ashore; the captain called him rogue and villain, and felled him to the ground with his cane, so that he was motionless, and to appearance dead; when he had recovered the blow, and saw a cock’d pistol in the captain’s hand, he offered his naked breast; the captain told him, he deserved to be shot, and said no more to him.  The captain, lieutenant H—­n of marines, the surgeon, and purser, always appear’d in arms on the beach, on the coming ashore of every boat, in order to prevent the people bringing any thing from the ship in a clandestine manner; they were so cautious of any thing being imbezzled, that they would not suffer the boats to go off and work by night, notwithstanding the moon, tides, and fairness of weather were more favourable to us by night than day; by this we omitted several opportunities of getting our provisions, and other useful things, which we shall shortly stand in great need of.

The 21st, continue to scuttle between decks, in getting necessaries out of the ship, found several men dead.

The 22d, the Indians brought us three sheep and some muscles.  They are a people of a small stature, well shaped, of an olive complection, with black hair, in behaviour very civil, they have little clothes, except about their waists, notwithstanding the climate is very cold.  They stay’d all night, it being very rainy weather, and has been ever since we have been here, the wind blowing from N. to N.W.

Saturday the 23d, the wind from the E.N.E. to north, fell abundance of snow, insomuch that the mountains are cover’d with it.  It freezes very hard, and we find it extremely cold.  The next day, the same weather, we went aboard, and scuttled for flour in the forehold.

The 25th, little wind at N.E. and frosty weather, went aboard again, and got out of the forehold eight barrels of flour, one cask of pease, with some brandy and wine.  This day went to allowance, of half a pound of flour per man, and one piece of pork for three men, it being the first time of serving since on shore.

The 26th, we got out more casks of flour, one cask of oatmeal, with some brandy and wine.  In the evening the Indians came with their wives, we gave the women hats, and the men breeches; they made signs as if they would bring more sheep.

On the 27th, we scuttled over the captain’s store-room, got out several casks of rum and wine, and brought them ashore.  This was the first time of the lieutenant’s being between decks since the loss of the ship.  The following day we went aboard, cut down and tost overboard the ship’s awning, to make a deck for the long-boat.

Since the 27th, we have been employ’d in getting up the long-boat, and repairing the barge which had been stove ashore.  Rainy weather.