Friday 6th Do Weather. At low water in the PM had hardly 4 feet water under the ship yet could not repair the sheathing that was beat off the place being all under water,   one of the Carpenters crew, a Man I could trust, went down and examined it and found three streaks of the sheathing gone about 7 or 8 feet long and the Main plank a little rub'd, this accout agrees with the ^report of the Master and others that were under her bottom before. The Carpenter who I look upon to be well skilld in his profission and a good judge of these matters was of opinion that this was of little concequence and as I found that it would be difficult if not impractical for us to get under her bottom to repair it, I resolved to spend no more time about ^it accordingly at High-water hove her off and Moor'd her along side the beach where the stores &Ca lay and in the AM got everything in readiness for takeing them on board and at the same time got on board 8 tuns of water and stowed in the ground tier in the after hold. In the Morning Mr Banks and Lieutt Gore with three men went in a small boat up the harbour River with a view to stay two or 3 days to try to kill some of the animals we have seen about this place