I continued this work every day to the 15th of June, except the time necessary to get food, which I always appointed, during this part of my employment, to be when the tide was up, that I might be ready when it was ebbed out; and by this time I had got timber and plank and ironwork enough to have built a good boat, if I had known how; and also I got, at several times and in several pieces, near one hundredweight of the sheet lead.
Continuai in simil lavoro ogni giorno fino al 15 giugno, salvo le ore necessarie a cercarmi nudrimento, le quali io facea sempre cadere durante l’alta marea per essere in tempo a recarmi al lavoro giornaliero quando essa calava. In tutto questo tempo ottenni e legnami e tavole e ferramenti, quanti sarebbero bastati a costruire una buona feluca se fossi stato abile a ciò; in più volte ed in pezzi spezzati giunsi ancora a procacciarmi circa un quintale di lastre di piombo.