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Excerpt from Yorke the Adventurer: And Other Stories
We brought to about half a mile from the shore. Two boats were at once lowered, manned, and armed, and under the captain's guidance, set out to search for water, which we knew we should have but little difficulty in finding, even on the south coast of New Britain, which is not nearly so well watered as the northern shore of the island. In the captain's boat were six men besides himself; I was in charge of the covering boat, manned by six native seamen and carrying three water-casks - all we could stow.
Pulling in together, close to the shore, the captain then went ahead, my boat following at the regu lation distance of fifty yards, only four hands rowing in each, leaving four men to keep a lookout for natives.
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