_May_ 3.—I began with my saw, and cut a piece of a beam through, which I thought held some of the upper part or quarter-deck together, and when I had 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.
Le 3.--Je commençai par scier un bau qui maintenait la partie supérieure proche le gaillard d'arrière, et, quand je l'eus coupé, j'ôtai tout ce que je pus du sable qui embarrassait la portion la plus élevée; mais, la marée venait à monter, je fus obligé de m'en tenir là pour cette fois.