LABRADOR JOURNAL 145 



Friday, Xove)nber 19, 177 S. After breakfast I 

 went down in the boat to Stage Cove, and there 

 had the satisfaction to find ahnost all the sealing- 

 eraft in order, and four nets out; I liauled them, 

 but had nothing. At night I slept on board the 

 Ladv Tvreonnel. 



Moderate frosty weather. 



Saturdai/, November 20, 1773. We unmoored at 

 nine this morning, hauled out of the cove, and 

 weighed the anchor; when we found the sails so 

 hard frozen, that it was with great difficulty we 

 got them loose. We ran out of the harbour 

 through Enterprize Tickle, and got to sea. I 

 brought awa}^ Noozelliack, a boy about twelve 

 years of age; part of the old man's legacy. 



It froze exceedingly hard last night, and this 

 morning proved clear and fine; but at noon it be- 

 gan to snow fast, and continued till after dark. 

 The sides of the A-essel were a foot thick of ice, all 

 round near the water edge, and every rope was 

 quite stiff with frost. 



Tuesday, November 23, 1773. I had hitherto 

 intended going to St. John's in Newfoundland, to 

 try to get a freight for the vessel, she having onl}^ 

 eleven tons of seal-oil and a few furs on Ijoard; 

 but the wind being directly against us, and the 

 season far spent, lliis morning I ordered the mas- 

 ter to Ijeai- away for England. 



It was not initil to-day that llie ice fell off our 

 sides, and the ropes grew lini])er. 



The passage was extremely fine, considering 

 the time of the vear; foi- we lind a rontiimed fair, 



