Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship Taken And Prepared for Publication Fr
Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship Taken And Prepared for Publication Fr
Thomas Dring
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8l tities, and sell them to us, at the hazard of cer tain punishment if detected ; but it was not in their power to embezzle a sufficient quantity to meet our daily necessities. As the disgust of swallowing any food which had been cooked in the Great Copper was universal, each prisoner used every exertion to procure as much wood as possible, for the private cooking of his own mess. During my excursion to the shore, to assist in the interment of Mr. Carver, it was my good fortune to find a hogsh...ead stave floating in the water. This was truly a prize. I conveyed the treasure on board ; and in the economical manner in which it was used, it furnished the mess to which I belonged with a supply of fuel for a considerable time. I was also truly fortunate on another occasion. I had, one day, command of the Working Party, which was then employed in taking on board a sloop load of wood for the ship s use. This was carefully conveyed below, under a guard, to pre vent embezzlement. I nevertheless found means, with the assistance of my associates, to convey a 82 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE cleft of it into the Gun Room, where it was im mediately secreted.
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