Thursday the 11th, moderate gales at W.N.W.  The carpenter employed in laying the blocks for the long-boat.  Dr O——­y, of the land forces, was desired to assist the surgeon’s mate, to take the ball out of Mr Cozens’s cheek, which he then was inclinable to do, but in the afternoon, finding it not agreeable to the captain, refused to go, as we are informed by the surgeon’s mate, who desired some surgeon might be present, to be witness of the operation; the ball was taken out, and for some time supposed to be lost, but was afterwards found.

This day being the 12th, the carpenter finished the blocks for lengthening the long-boat:  In the morning he went to the captain’s tent for some bolts for the use of the long-boat, where he saw the surgeon at the medicine-chest, who asked him how that unfortunate creature did, meaning Mr Cozens; the carpenter told him, he had not seen him to-day:  The surgeon then said he would have visited him, but the captain would not give him leave.  This was looked on as an act of inhumanity in the captain, and contributed very much to his losing the affections of the people, whose opinion was, that as Mr Cozens was very strong and healthy, with proper assistance he might recover; the people did not scruple to say, that the captain would act a more honourable part to discharge another pistol at him, and dispatch him at once, than to deny him relief, and suffer him to languish in a cold wet place in pain and misery.

On the 13th, Mr Cozens being, to all outward appearance, likely to recover, desired he might be removed to our tent, which was his place of residence before this unhappy accident.  We being unwilling to disoblige the captain, the carpenter and myself waited on him; we told him, we were come to ask a favour, hoping that he would have so much mercy and compassion on the unhappy man who was in the sick tent, as to permit us to remove him to his former lodging, but the captain answer’d, No, I am so far from it, that if he lives, I will carry him a prisoner to the commodore, and hang him.

On the 14th, went aboard the ship, but could do nothing, she working so very much, we brought ashore the fore-top sail yard; the boat went up the river, brought back abundance of geese and shaggs.  Wind at west.

Monday the 15th, hard gales of wind at west, with rain and hail; drove ashore three barrels of flour and abundance of small stuff out of the ship; took up a-long shore several pieces of pork and beef:  John Anderson, a seaman, walking round the rocks, and reaching after a piece of beef, slipping his footing, was drown’d, but taken up directly, and that night bury’d:  Turn’d the boatswain out of our tent for breeding quarrels; his turbulent temper was so well known to the captain, that he express’d himself pleas’d at our turning him out, and said he was surprized we ever admitted him among us.

On the 7th, the carpenter at work on the long-boat:  The surgeon’s mate, this day took out of Mr Cozens’s cheek a ball much flatted, and a piece of bone, supposed to be part of the upper jaw, which was desired by Mr Cozens to be deliver’d to me; I receiv’d it, with the first ball mention’d to have been lost.