THE FIRST ANGLO-FRENCH DUEL loi 



and by being lent out to fishermen duHng- ilie summer/ hot 

 without profit to the lender. The loan of soldiers to settlers 

 was permitted in English as well as in French Newfoundland, 

 although officers of course had no right to exact commission 

 for the loan. Lloyd's predecessor had written, 'Without 

 some speedy care be taken for better wage for the men it 

 will be impossible to keep them from deserting, for I and my 

 officers are continually up night and day to prevent them * ; ^ 

 and Lloyd's reports were equally alarmist. Captain Bridge 

 took Major Lloyd home to report this news ; and in the next 

 year the old garrison was recalled, and a new garrison was 

 sent out in its place. But the new company was even less 

 vigilant and tractable than the old company, and Major 

 Lloyd, its commandant, deteriorated. 



The Royal Navy rarely did any definite warlike act nea,r T/ie J^oyal 

 Newfoundland, and, if it did, did it on the small scale or^^Jf"^''^ 

 a border raid, or as an afterthought — its chief concern being direr/fy. 

 in the West Indies, Canada, and elsewhere. In July andx 

 August, 1707, Captain Underdown, R.N., took Major Lloyd 

 on a nautical foray against the north-east coasts of the Petit 

 Nord Peninsula, and destroyed or damaged several armed 

 fishing-vessels, which hailed from St. Malo. Sailing from 

 Cape Bonavista he found no traces of Frenchmen until he 

 was a long way past Cape St. John ; but in Fleur-de-Lys 

 Harbour, White Bay, Canada or as it was called Cannerie 

 Bay, Conche (' Lacouch '), Cap Rouge, Croc (' Petit Maitre '), 

 and St. Julien harbours, he harried and carried Breton 

 fishermen, burned their boats and stages, and confiscated 

 their gear. The raiders returned without reaching Hare 

 Bay, and their small successes on the north-east coast are 

 comparable to those attained by Sir John Leake five years 

 previously on the south coast of Newfoundland.' In 1 7 1 1, Sir 



1 Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, March 30, 1698 ; La 

 Hontan, Voyages, ed. by Thwaites, p. 290. 

 ^ Captain Powell's dispatch, Oct. 5, 1701. 

 ^ Dispatch of Captain Underdown, Aug. 30, 1707. 



