still we liv'd in hopes of being deliver'd from this dismal Place; and the Captain told us, _If we were, he would sell the Cables, Anchors and Guns that were cast ashore, for our Maintenance_. In this Distress our Mate perceiving a large Sea Gull in a Hole of the Rock, he knock'd it down with the Handle of a Sawce Pan, brought her into the Tent, and shar'd her among us, to our great Relief. Perceiving no hopes of any Boats coming to us, a stout _Dutchman_, one of our Company, propos'd the making of a Raft, and proffer'd to endeavour to get ashore with it himself, if no body else would. This Proposal being well relish'd, such of us as were able clear'd the Fore Yard of the Rigging with a great deal of Trouble, for want of sufficient Strength and necessary Instruments; and having split it in two to make the Sides of the Raft, and fastning the End pieces with Nails, we put a Plank in the Middle, with a Mast, and a Sail made of two Hammocks, and accordingly launch'd her, with _George White_ and the _Dutchman_ upon it, giving them Orders, if they got ashore, to acquaint the People with our Distress, and to beg their hastening to our Assistance. But the Raft overset, by which the Men were almost drown'd, so that none would venture upon it again except the _Dutchman_ and another. We pray'd heartily for their Success, and saw them paddle along till the Sun was down, and they appear'd to us to be so near the Shore, that we hoped they might Land safely. That Night it blew very hard, and the next Day our Carpenter died as abovemention'd, and in the Morning we hawl'd him out of the Tent. That same Day the Captain and _George White_ went out to see what they could find, but return'd empty handed. Upon this the Captain propos'd the fleying and eating of the Carpenter's dead Body, and told us, _It was no Sin, since God was pleas'd to take him out of the World and that we had not laid violent Hands upon him_. He ask'd the Boatswain to help to skin and cut him up, which he refus'd because of his Weakness; whereupon one _Charles Gray_ help'd the Captain to do it, and brought in several pieces of the Corps into the Tent, where some of our Men eat of it; but the Mate, the Boatswain, and _George White_ would not touch any of it till next Day that they were forced to it by Extremity of Hunger.