LABRADOR JOURNAL 149 



Joliu Seott sailed in iier in quality of super- 

 cargo. 



Captain ^londay having misbehaved himself 

 greatly, in several instances, during the course of 

 my last voyage, 1 discharged him, and gave the 

 command of the Lady Tyrconnel to Mr. Thomas 

 Venture. That vessel having taken on board all 

 such things as had been provided in London, 

 sailed on the twenty-third of March for Ply- 

 mouth; where she was to receive several other 

 goods. Captain Scott eml^arked; as did also Mr. 

 James Pitkethley, whom we had hired to serve us 

 in the double capacity of surgeon and clerk, in the 

 place of Mr. Williams. I was to go by land to 

 Poole and Bridport, and meet the vessel at 

 Plymouth. 



I left London the next day, and arrived at 

 Plymouth on the second of April, where I found 

 the vessel safe moored. 



Having shipped off all our goods, and hired a 

 joiner, two men, and a couple of women servants, 

 we sailed at six in the morning of the thirteenth 

 for Waterford or Cork; as the wind might best 

 suit. 



Tlie wind being fair and a fine gale, we ran 

 down the Channel ;i1 the rate of seven knots. At 

 tlu-ee in the afternoon, ('a])tain Venture, ])eing em- 

 ])loyed in the ca])in in i)r('paring some tackle for 

 tiout on his arrival in La])rador, did not pay 

 ])roper attention to the course of the vessel; in 

 fonsequenf-e of wliidi slic i-;m upon llial well- 

 known r(jck called Rujidlcsloiic, which lies about 



