132 CAPTAIN CAKTWRIGHT'S 



THE SECOND VOYAGE 



May, 1773. Having purchased a brig of eighty 

 tons, and named her the Lady Tyrconnel/ I 

 shipped on board her all such goods as had been 

 provided in London; and having ordered others 

 at Lymmington, Weymouth, and Waterford, I 

 quitted my house on the fifth of May, and em- 

 barked on board my vessel in the river Thames; 

 together with Mrs. Selby, the Lidians, Mr. John 

 Williams, a surgeon, whom I had engaged to serve 

 me in the capacity of clerk also, his wife, a maid- 

 servant, a cooper named William Mather, and two 

 apprentice boys. The command of the vessel I 

 gave to Mr. George Monday, late Master of the 

 Mary, in which I returned from Labrador; and I 

 brought along with me a brace of greyhounds, a 

 terrier, and some tame rabbits. A party of friends 

 dined on board with me, and we had a merry 

 leave-taking. 



Saturday, May 8, 1773. Having now completed 

 all my business in town, and the wind being fair, 

 at two o'clock this afternoon we made sail down 

 the river; the Esquimaux well pleased in the ex- 

 pectation of soon seeing their native country, 

 their relations and friends again; and I very 



*The name of Cartwright's aunt. 



