Thursday the 18th, the carpenter cut the long-boat in two, and lengthen’d her eleven feet ten inches and half by the keel.

Sunday the 21st, went aboard the ship, but it being dangerous going about any thing, by reason of her working much, and a great sea tumbling in, the boats were employ’d in going about the rocks in search of subsistence.

The 22d, the carpenter went with the boat up the bay to seek the Indians, but saw nothing of them; at night the boat returned, the people having shot abundance of wildfowl.

The 23d, the lieutenant went with the boat, and found the Indians just come from the place where they catch seal; their canoes were loaded with seal, sheep, and oil.

Wednesday the 24th, departed this life, Mr Henry Cozens, midshipman, after languishing fourteen days with the wound he had received in his cheek:  We bury’d him in as decent a manner as time, place, and circumstances would allow.  There have died sundry ways since the ship first struck, forty-five men; seven have deserted from us, and still continue away; remain and now victual’d one hundred men.

Thursday the 25th, the wind at W.N.W. and rainy weather; saw the Indians coming towards us in their canoes, but the deserters settling where they took their habitation, when first we saw ’em, by their rowing, we thought they were design’d to go there; and knowing the deserters intended to take one of their canoes to go over the main, we therefore launch’d the yawl and went off to them; there were five canoes of ’em, laden with seal, shell-fish, and four sheep; they brought with ’em their wives and children, so that in all they were about fifty in number; they hawl’d their canoes up, and built four wigg whims, which they cover’d with the bark of trees and seal-skins; we imagined by this they had an intention to settle with us; they are a very simple and inoffensive people, of a low stature, flat-nos’d, with their eyes sunk very deep in their heads; they live continually in smoak, and are never without a fire, even in their canoes; they have nothing to cover their nakedness, but a piece of an old blanket, which they throw over their shoulders:  We always see ’em in this manner, notwithstanding we cloath ’em whenever they come to us.  By the crosses set up in many parts of the land, one would think they had some notion of the Romish religion:  We can’t make ’em understand us by any speech, nor by our signs:  We show’d ’em a looking-glass; when they saw the representation of themselves, they seem’d amaz’d, and shew’d a thousand antick gestures, and when once they beheld themselves in the looking-glass, they could hardly be prevail’d on to look off.

On Sunday the 28th, in the afternoon, about twelve of the Indian women went off in their canoes:  We thought they were gone to get muscles, but soon saw ’em diving, which we imagin’d was for pieces of beef or pork that come out of the wreck; but, when they came ashore, we found they had been only diving for sea-eggs.  The women among those people seem to take more pains for the provisions of life than the men; the latter having little to do but to provide wood, and indulge themselves by the fire, while the women go every tide a fishing.  To-day we kill’d two Indian sheep.