"About three hundred Japanese boats with about 15 men in each took the ship in tow", according to Cooper's log. "They took all our arms out to keep till we left. There were several of the nobility came on board to see the ship.
About three hundred Japanese vessels, each carrying about 15 crew members, boarded the ship and took it in tow. The occupants removed all our arms from the vessel until we departed. Several members of the nobility visited the ship during this time.