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hand and lifted him up, and took the chissel from under him.
The Dingy [which] had returned to the Ranger, came back to me; whereupon I handed him into the boat, I had observed before I put him into the boat, a large piece of lead which lay by the rudder not quite separated from it; & when he was in the boat I held him with one hand to prevent his jumping over board, and seeing him put his hand into the cloth round