41823.) 
Jan. 17, &789.—We, set sail for 
Messina with a fair wind, and clear 
‘weather. - 
Jan,.24,—Arrived, safe. at our in- 
tended, port,»,where all the English 
would have left the ship if-they could; 
but the captain would not allow them 
to go until he could get to, Malta,— 
thinking he ceuld_ get hands there. 
Feb. 2.—Sailed fer the island of 
Malta. 
Feb. 9.—Got in, 
Feb. 11.—Got pratique. - 
Feb,, 12-—Haule d the ship up, and 
moored her. . We mended all our 
sails, and made new nettings ; and got 
small arms on-board, in number thirty, 
cutlasses fifty, blunderbusses twenty- 
four, pistols eighty; but the grand 
master would not allow us to take 
men, which made the English very 
dliscontented, as they could not get 
their discharge. ‘There came on- 
board us three slaves on the 14th: 
they were assassins, that had made 
their.escape; but our captain protect- 
ed them, as they had entered with us. 
Feb. 16.—Sailed for the island of 
Zante, and we were obliged to go with 
them, as it was said we were there to 
man.our ship. his frightened us, as 
the inhabitants ef that place are no- 
thing but thieves, and mostly pirates, 
' All this time we had a fair wind, and 
clear weather, until we got as far as 
Solen. Then the wind came against 
us, and, blowing hard, we were obliged 
to bear away for Cephalonia, where 
we got safe in, and moored. We had 
not been in many days before we got 
sixty of these pirates on-board. ‘The 
carpenters cut two port-holes between 
decks, in which we put two twelve- 
pounders, and then got every thing 
ready for sea. 
Sailed on the 7th of March for the 
island of Prevesa, and on the 11th got 
in, and moored ship. On the 13th, 
we had not been in long, before we 
heard there were some pirates in the 
mountains. To them our captain wrote 
seyeral letters, inyiting them to coine 
on-board; and'so they did. There 
came down thirty-four of them, well 
armed; and we took in every one of 
them, which made the Englishmen and 
Italians very discontented,—as they 
were all pirates. 
_ March 16.—A boat came, and told 
us there were four vessels in Cepha- 
lonia with Turkish cargoes on-board, 
hut. Greek sailong on which we un- 
moored ship. 
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March 17.—Steered for that place. 
March 18.—Spoke a, Ragusa brig, 
with ‘Turkish passengers in from Can- 
dia, bound to Zea; who had a great 
quantity of dollars and silk, which we 
took from them. The Turks we let 
go, as they were taken uader neutral 
colours. 
March 19.—We shared the dollars, 
which came to forty-three per man. 
As for the silk, the captain kept it all 
for himself, 
March 22.—We saw a vessel going 
down along shore. We hauled up the 
long-boat, put three swivels and 
thirty- five armed men in it, and sent 
her after the vessel. It was calm, and 
we soon came up with her. We fired 
two guns, which she returned, and 
both sides fired for the space of forty 
minutes. Our lieutenant being wound- 
ed, and five men killed, our boat Was 
obliged to return on-board. 
_ April 1.—We saw a sail a-head, and 
gave chace, and soon came up with 
her. She was Jaden with wine and 
brandy ; which we took out, and sunk 
the ship, frst killing nine Turks that 
were on-board; bat the Greeks ene 
tered with us, 
April 2.—We sailed for Silere ; and 
that same day got in, and: moored 
ship. Some vessels made an attempt 
to get away ; but. we armed_ the long- 
boat, and sent her out in the night, to 
lay in wait for them as they went out; 
but, taking notice of this, they never 
moved. In the mean time, the long- 
boat fell in with. a vessel under Jeru- 
salem colours, but Turkish property, 
consisting of nine bales of silk, and 
honey and soap. The rest we sunk 
in the yessel,—people and all toge- 
ther; fifteen Turks in number. That 
same night we took another: but she 
had nothing but ballast; so we let her 
50. 
April 6.—We got all our sails and 
lumber on-shore, and all the ballast 
out of the hold. 
On the 8th and 9th we were working 
very hard, and had but little wine 
on-board, when the captain ordered 
the second lieutenant to go out in the 
little boat; and gave him orders to 
jake the first vessel he met with, let 
her be what she would, if she had wine. 
on-board: which he did, for he brought 
in a vessel that had seven pipes of 
Cyprus wine; which we took out, and 
let the vessel go. She was a Greek 
settee from Samos 
April 11.—We righted ship, and 
took 
