Some simply leave them in the water, because they are too lazy to hoist them up.

That is the case, I think, with one boat that belongs to a vessel that came in, four days since, from the West Indies.

It's a good-sized ship's dinghy, such as is used for running out warps, or putting a sailor ashore to bring off anything required.

The other boats are better suited for a voyage, but they are for the most part too large and heavy to be rowed by two oars and, moreover, they have not a mast and sail on board, as this has.

Therefore that is the one that I fixed my eye on.
"The ship is lying alongside, and there is not another craft outside her.