The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan].

  • Woodard, D. N. (David N.)
Date:
1805
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Credit: The narrative of Captain David Woodard and four seamen: who lost their ship while in a boat at sea, and surrendered themselves up to the Malays in the island of Celebes ; containing an interesting account of their sufferings ... ; also an account of the manners and customs of the country ... ; Together with an introduction, and an appendix. Containing narratives of various escapes from shipwrecks ... holding out a valuable seaman's guide ... / [Ed. by W. Vaughan]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which her men took, and the few that ever weached England; and affording a ‘melancholy _proof of the idikesite of that'inebriety, insubordina- tion, and spirit of mutiny, which prevailed amongst them, and which occasioned most. of the disasters and hardships they encountered *. ] have heard captain Wilson relate, that when this ship was wrecked off the Pelew Islands, he ‘greatly owed his preservation, the facility of ‘building his vessel, and the good understanding that existed with the natives, to the staving of his spirits, to the good order and difcipline of his men, and to their residence on an island by themsélves without much intercourse with the natives of Pelew, unless by occasional direct visits between captain Wilson and officers and the chicfs.of these aslands. Advantages might be Beet from a proper at. tention to the management of clothing, and the keeping the bedy as much as cireumstatices: will permit in an. equal state of warmth, so as to: suf- fer as little as possible from the transitions or fluc- - - auations.of wet, cold, and-air. It has been found that warmth of clothing has frequently had a happy tendency to lessen the sensations of Hun- ger, and to prevent colds and disorders incident this ship, and the conception that on the loss of a ship in the navy all power and controul on such occasions ceased, a bill passed through parliament to put officers and men in the navy aiuder the. mutiny act, i