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vessel and he fired several times; soon came up with her, and she 

 proved to be the schooner Hero, and boarded her; inquired why they 

 did not heave to at the first fire ; master of the Hero answered him that 

 no colors were shown, and he did not know that anything was wanted 

 of him; the papers of the Hero were then demanded and delivered, 

 and two men taken from her and put on board the tender, and two of 

 the tender's men put on board the schooner; the tender was then 

 piloted into a harbor by me, taking with her the Pilgrim and Hero; 

 the master of the tender inquired if there was any custom-house of- 

 ficer of his Majesty on the island; being informed there was not, 

 then asked if there was any other King's officer, and was told there 

 was not except the pilot; then went ashore and examined till about 

 11 o'clock at night, when with difficulty he came on board again, and 

 was verv violent : laid there three days ; then eot under wav and went 

 up to the Wolves islands, and went ashore; tarried there a short time, 

 then asked me to pilot him into Beaver harbor; there ordered all sails 

 of his own and the two other vessels unbent and carried on shore ; then 

 asked him to permit me to go home, as I had done before, but he re- 

 fused ; told him I would give him a bill of sale of the boat if he would 

 let me go, she being mine, but he declined ; I complained of hard 

 treatment, and he threatened to shoot me and to tie me; next morning 

 directed sails brought on board and bent ; got under way and beat out 

 of the harbor, bound, as he said, to St. John's; saw a vessel, and in- 

 quired if I had seen an armed brig; being answered that I had seen 

 her at St. John's, we returned to Beaver harbor and tarried that night, 

 then started again for St. John's; beat up about halfway to St. John's, 

 and anchored in a place called Mason's Bay in the evening; about 10 

 o'clock the coxswain came on board the Pilgrim, I having been pre- 

 viously sent on board of her to sleep, and brought a pint of rum, and 

 ordered the men to keep a strict watch, and left us; as soon as the 

 lights were out on board the tender, one of the men on board of us 

 from the tender being below asleep, the other one proposed going 

 away with the Pilgrim to the United States. We soon got the Pil- 

 grim under way and started for Lubec. The man who was below 

 asleep then came on deck and asked where we were going. I told him 

 to Lubec. He told me as there was but little wind he thought we 

 should be caught, and had better go back. I said we would keep out 

 of their reach. He said, if taken, they would shoot him; and then 

 Went below, and soon came lip with two cutlasses, and saiil he would 

 Bplil any man"- brains out, in the King's name, thai offered to resist 

 him. This it was advised that be should do t<> clear him from harm 

 in case we should be taken, he having agreed before we -tailed to the 

 adventure; and he ordered the man to desist who was rowing, then 

 knocked on Captain Woodward's hat. I then went and took one of 

 the swords from him, and the other he Laid down and went below. 

 We came on home to Lubec wit I i the vessel, obtained an anchor, and in 

 four or five days after jailed again on to the Bank of Grand Menan, 

 fifteen mile- or more distant from the island, and continued there 



fishing four or five da\ . one of the men who came from the Dotterel 



still continuing with us by his own desire. Was informed that the 

 schooner Hero, an American vessel which had been captured, was 



fitting OUt and armed by the British to take me; saw the lit r<> soon 

 after boarding several vessels, and got under way and went up t«» 



