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represented to the Earl oi" Dartnioutli (who was 

 then at the head of the board of trade and planta- 

 tions) the unjust proceedings of Noble and Pin- 

 son, in dispossessing me of my fishing-posts, and 

 obtained an order for mv salmon-tisherv in 

 Charles River to be restored; but I could not suc- 

 ceed with respect to my sealing-post near Cape 

 Charles. I also presented to his lordship a plan 

 for the encouragement of the trade in Labrador, 

 and was examined by the board upon that head. 

 Their report was laid before his Majesty in coun- 

 cil, and my plan was partially adopted. 



The term of my partnership with Perkins and 

 Coghlan being expired, T dissolved it, and made 

 preparation for returning to Labrador on my own 

 bottom; which the liberalitv of mv father enabled 

 me to do, by assisting me with tw^o thousand 

 poimds. 



THE END OF THE FIRST VOYAGE. 



