PISHES AND FISHING. 



the arrival of a neutral vessel, which was expected to 

 convey a number of females, children, and English 

 men, who passed as subjects of neutral states, and had 

 corresponding passports. Curiously, whilst we were 

 dealing for the trunk that I bought, we were shown 

 one in which some person, for whose capture a great 

 price had been offered, escaped from England. In 

 about a week or ten days, the Danish brig the St. 

 Anna, Hans Hussen, master, arrived, in ballast, and 

 was to sail for Dover on the 10th of July, 1803. I 

 therefore threw a few things into the trunk, together 

 with a large bag, passed the trunk at the Custom 

 House, and, dressed as a sailor, I placed it very care 

 fully, along with other luggage, in the cabin. My 

 friend went on board, and just before the mustering 

 of the crew by the Deputy Commissary of Police, 

 attended by a guard and the Town Sergeants ; the 

 minute examination by the Custom House officers 

 having taken place, my friend, after I had tumbled 

 everything into the bag, and stripped off my jacket, 

 locked me up in the trunk. I had not calculated the 

 expansion of the human body by heat, and he was 

 obliged to place his whole weight on the lid to force 

 it down ; he gave the key to an Englishman who had 

 a neutral passport, another brother Mason. There 

 being but very little wind, and the tide running to 

 the eastward three hours after high water, the skipper 



