As for the lost anchor, why, as Wink pointed out, the tender would more than buy them a new one.

There was some discussion as to their right to dispose of that tender and in the end they agreed that the proper thing to do would be to leave it at Newburyport and mail an advertisement to the Plymouth papers.

If the owner claimed the boat he would pay for the advertisement.

If he didn't, they would recover it later on their way back down the coast.

The _Adventurer_, too, showed numerous scars.