206 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



due me, as I had some advice on the sub- 

 ject from Mr. Pitcairn. Shortly a wind 

 came and I proceeded to sea in company 

 with Captain Martin of the George Wash- 

 ington 1 for Petersburg, Russia. 2 We arrived 

 safe, and laded our ship with hemp, sail- 

 cloth and iron, and sailed the last of August 

 for home. Had a fair passage till, off the 

 nose of Norway, we sprung the head of our 

 foremast. 



I put into a small port, Fleceroe, where 

 I fixed masthead and shrouds and sailed 

 the next night. I found the people with lit- 

 tle or no bread and the principal living was 

 stock-fish. I was told by the pilot that 

 took me in, that they frequently ate dogs 



1 " Narrative of trading and sealing voyage of the 

 ' Huron/ Joel Root, supercargo. I loaded the ' Huron ' 

 at Hamburg, and chartered the * George Washington/ 

 Capt. Martin, to take my own goods to St. Petersburg/* 

 New Haven Hist. Society Papers, p. 171. 



The "Wells" and "George Washington" sailed from 

 Hamburg July 9. 



2 "At Petersburg, ship ' Wells/ Lamson, Aug. 19, 

 1806." Salem Gazette, Oct. 31, 1806. 



