At last，Friday pitch'd upon a Tree，for I found he knew much better than I what kind of Wood was fittest for it，nor can I tell to this Day what Wood to call the Tree we cut down，except that it was very like the Tree we call Fustic，or between that and the Nicaragua Wood，for it was much of the same Colour and Smell. Friday was for burning the Hollow or Cavity of this Tree out to make it for a Boat. But I shew'd him how rather to cut it out with Tools，which，after I had shew'd him how to use，he did very handily，and in about a Month's hard Labour，we finished it，and made it very handsome，especially when with our Axes，which I shew'd him how to handle，we cut and hew'd the out-side into the true Shape of a Boat；after this，however，it cost us near a Fortnight's Time to get her along as it were Inch by Inch upon great Rowlers into the Water. But when she was in，she would have carry'd twenty Men with great Ease.
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