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but did not provide any mate under him, as cap- 

 tain Scott imdertook, in fact, to conunand the 

 A'essel. We began to reship the goods on the tlfth 

 of ]\Iay, and having completed every thing by the 

 twelfth, we cleared out of the custom-house, and 

 in the afternoon warped down the river as low as 

 Marshwall End. 



The tide serving in the morning of the four- 

 teenth, we worked down to Cove, where the blun- 

 dering pilot ran the brig aground upon the spit; 

 she floated off again with the flood, and received 

 no damage. 



In working down the river, the people observed 

 a coimtry-man going to Cork to sell milk, which 

 he carried in a couple of churns slung, one on each 

 side of his horse. AVe l)eing then very near the 

 shore, some of them began to banter him, which 

 put him out of temper, and he retorted Avitli some 

 warmth. At that instant the vessel was put in 

 stays; when the shivering of the sails, and the 

 noise which the crew made in l)racing them about, 

 so affrighted the horse that he threw his rider 

 and gall()i)C(l off; spilling the milk all the way 

 he went. A loud laiiuli immediately broke out 

 from the whole crew, accompanied by many taunt- 

 ing speeches, which, together with the biaiise he 

 had received, and the loss nf Ids nnik, so exas- 

 perated pool" Paddy, that lie instantly sti'ipped 

 into buff, advanced to the edge of llic water, and 

 flourished liis fists about in a menacing manner: 

 th\is he vented his anger, })oth by woi'ds and ges- 

 tures, till wc were too far off lo hear his voice. 



