250 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



dad in thirty-one days. On my arrival I 

 found it hard to obtain information of the 

 Orinoko. I chartered a sloop at $14 per day 

 and went up the Macmoro River to Angos- 

 tura. I then found a plenty of Produce 

 and a sale for goods. I returned to Trini- 

 dad and purchased about $14,000 worth 

 of goods and attempted to enter my ves- 

 sel. On obtaining my permit, the collector 

 informed me that my vessel was liable to 

 seizure on account of India goods, 1 $12,000 

 worth of which I had on board, being 

 prohibited by act of Parliament from com- 

 ing to entry in an English Colony under a 

 foreign flag. Finding they intended to 

 seize my vessel, I called on Judge Futter 

 and two of the first attorneys, who informed 

 me my vessel was liable and the Governor 

 advised me to be off. I accordingly wrote 

 to London, gave my advice, and chartered 

 a small schooner to take the goods I had 

 bought, and hired a young man as clerk 



1 Only English vessels were allowed to carry colonial 

 goods from England to an English colony. 



