, whichlaybeforeburiedinsand, washeavedupatleastsixfeet, andthestern, whichwasbrokeinpiecesandpartedfromtherestbytheforceofthesea, soonafterIhadleftrummagingher, wastossedasitwereup, andcastononeside; andthesandwasthrownsohighonthatsidenextherstern, thatwhereastherewasagreatplaceofwaterbefore, , butsoonconcludeditmustbedonebytheearthquake; andasbythisviolencetheshipwasmorebrokeopenthanformerly, somanythingscamedailyonshore, whichtheseahadloosened, andwhichthewindsandwaterrolledbydegreestotheland.
Thiswhollydivertedmythoughtsfromthedesignofremovingmyhabitation, andIbusiedmyselfmightily, thatdayespecially, insearchingwhetherIcouldmakeanywayintotheship; butIfoundnothingwastobeexpectedofthatkind, , asIhadlearnednottodespairofanything, IresolvedtopulleverythingtopiecesthatIcouldoftheship, concludingthateverythingIcouldgetfromherwouldbeofsomeuseorothertome.
May3.—Ibeganwithmysaw, andcutapieceofabeamthrough, whichIthoughtheldsomeoftheupperpartorquarter-decktogether, andwhenIhadcutitthrough, IclearedawaythesandaswellasIcouldfromthesidewhichlayhighest; butthetidecomingin, Iwasobligedtogiveoverforthattime.
May4.—Iwenta-fishing, butcaughtnotonefishthatIdursteatof, tillIwaswearyofmysport; when, justgoingtoleaveoff, -yarn, butIhadnohooks; yetIfrequentlycaughtfishenough, asmuchasIcaredtoeat; allwhichIdriedinthesun, andatethemdry.
May5.—Workedonthewreck; cutanotherbeamasunder, andbroughtthreegreatfirplanksofffromthedecks, whichItiedtogether, andmadetofloatonshorewhenthetideoffloodcameon.