Flinders Journal – 28 November

Sunday 28 November, 1802 Sweers Island By the 28th, the watering and wooding of the ship were completed, the gunner had dried all his powder in the sun, and the tents and people were brought on board. All that the carpenters could do at the ship was to secure thehodding ends to the stem,– shift some of the worst parts in the rotten planing,– and caulk all the bends; and this they had finished." (P144)

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