PART I
Stowaw
~ AUGUST 1768 ~
SUNDAY 7th TO FRIDAY 19th [Plymouth] With the help of
Seamen Francis Haite， John Ramsay， and Samuel Evans，
I have managed to keep my presence aboard Endeavour
secret. She s a small Bark， and her Company over eighty in
number It s a wonder I ve not been discovered， with all
the coming and going of the men aboard， but I have not.
The three seamen I paid to get me on bring biscuit and
water They make certain I exercise each night during
middle watch， when there are fewer hands on deck. But
there is little to relieve my situation till Endear， our sails.
It s a good hiding place I ve got， in the aft of what
Samuel Evans calls the Pinnace， a small boat Encleavour
carries aboard her I can look over the edge and see the
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