It wasn’t an easy decision because the penal settlement needed supplies also, and the next supply ship wasn’t scheduled for another two months.Īs the fourth day dawned, Jack received a big scare when the wind eased sufficiently for the island’s residents to send a large, covered longboat out to try to connect with Besieged and transfer some of the most urgently needed supplies back to shore. Apparently, whalers there were depending on Besieged for urgently needed supplies as the whaling season was fast approaching.Ĭaptain Jones was torn between fulfilling his obligations to Norfolk Island’s penal settlement authorities and to the anxious whalers awaiting their supplies in Fiji. Jack had overheard crewmembers saying the captain was under pressure to continue the voyage to Fiji. Equally, it was too dangerous for any craft to leave the safety of the harbor to approach the schooner. The storm was showing no sign of easing and conditions remained far too dangerous for Besieged to enter the harbor. As one day became two and then three, Jack started to believe he may have dodged a bullet.
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