LABRADOR JOURNAL 83 



tiges of Indians, and those we found were old. 

 The length of the bay, from Lion Head to the river 

 mouth, is about seven leagues. I was writing 

 letters all the remainder of the night. 



Tlinrsdcuj, June 20, 1771. I was making flies 

 and a fishing-line till dinner; after which I went 

 in the punt up the stream, and killed one slink and 

 a brace of trout. Charles took up the sewels in 

 Sewel Cove. The skiff came up at night with two 

 of Guy's crew, who brought me a confused ac- 

 count of a rupture with Spain, which they had 

 heard of from some people of Chateau, that had 

 arrived at Seal Island this day: that a vessel be- 

 longing to Noble and Pinson had arrived at Cha- 

 teau; that the codfish were on the coast, and that 

 they had caught a quintal ^ this morning with a 

 few trouts, which I sent them yesterday. 



Bright sun, and very hot weather. 



Friday, June 21, 1771. My maid, through care- 

 lessness in heating the oven, set the hill on fire, 

 but by timely assistance, it was extinguished; 

 otherwise, the buildings; and the whole country 

 round, would soon have been in flames. Had 

 twenty-seven slinks in the net. 



A very hot day, and the moschettos bit for the 

 first time tliis year. 



Wednes., June 26, 1771. In the afternoon John 

 Tilsed came, and brought intelligence of his re- 

 turn with the shallop from Fogo; from whence 

 he had l)r<)Ught ])i\ck aiiothci- fisliorman and a 

 coopei'. Slic was laden with ciiipty hogsheads, 



'A weif^ht of 112 poundfl. 



