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Mayers.
12 June 1891
had not been tried we should have had to bring the
prisoner with us, and so it made us how him our
decision to have two crying and quarrelling
men aboard. I had intended to stamp up myself,
but the money was eventually raised by a complicated
system of borrowing amongst the villagers, and the two
lads went out and had another row. As we headed
away from the strong land behind the dim in through
the two lads had beaten us round and I made 8 A.
to go back and confront them all, but he had
caught his turn and was deaf to my entreaties to him to
do his duty like a man under magistrates.
Weys on board as the sun set, and then had
dinner and smoked, and debated what we should
doil onto Cannonman or some at anchor out before
breakfast. I suggested going there, both on the need to
cannonman was only a couple of hours walkable,
three and he spoke in the morning to do that island.
My suggestion has carried us and we started at 8.15 p.m.
better took an hour or two to do the journey and it
was really as o'clock just morning before we dropped
anchor in Chulston Bay of Cannonman. The land
was right in our left and a strong lee tide was running,
Cannonan.
12 June 1891
as we had to tack pretty frequently. Once we
were nearly on some new Catholic island. 8 A &
Capt. Van asleep, but I was smoking and I had
gone forward to defy the sight of the schooner playing
its way across the grave. All at once I saw from
a few cable lengths ahead and we were going pretty
fast. I sang out heaving ahead, (the Captain put to)
the helm shot out with a view to the day's moment
carriage to fall off just in time. A long stern & then
plains, is tickled ink and an on a dark night a clear
head and much local knowledge is necessary to
carry a sailing vessel safe enough. He had to
tack so often as every woman or placed in chain.
Hope (which it is called) that as the lot said: At the
critical moment the young fellow had fallen asleep
and the Captain started his own on men for a time.
When we were clear of the reef the Captain cautioned
the sails in language more forcible than nice. In
making Chulston Bay we had to sail pretty close to
the north western end of the island which is really a
tiny formation, with a hill called Faffa Hill near
over the ship, in the centre. We ran in too clear and
had to tack, but the young sails have lain himself