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twenty-nine men; Thomas's brig was wrecked; 

 Coghlan's sloop driven on shore; vast quantities 

 of lish spoiled; and every stage and wharf on the 

 coast were washed down, ours among the rest; 

 and that nothing which was afloat, except the Man 

 of War, one of Noble and Pinson's vessels, and 

 this shalloway, had ridden it out. The Otter was 

 near being lost last night; she ran into Berry 

 Island Tickle in the dark, and at low water, 

 grounded and beat a good deal, l)ut fortunately 

 the bottom was smooth sand, and she received no 

 injury. 



Sioulai/, Dccemhcr 10, 1775. The sealers cut 

 out the net at Brocket Point, and had two bed- 

 lamers in it; the still part of the harbour having 

 been frozen ever since the third instant. Jack and 

 I took a walk to the top of the high hill on the 

 south side of Great Marsh, from whence we saw 

 two pools which lie upon the Laar. We went up 

 the west side of the hill, which rises gradually and 

 is well clothed with wood; but, as we found the 

 walking very bad, l)y reason of the great depth 

 and lightness of the snow, I determined to descend 

 on the east side, being much deeper, and where 

 but few trees grow: we got on A^ery well for a 

 little way, 1)ut coming to the top of a precipice, 

 we found ourselves to be in a very un]>l('asant 

 situation; for we could not get far, either to tlie 

 right or the left, nor was i1 i)ossi])le to mount the 

 hill again, on account of its steepness and tlie 

 depth of the snow. We were therofoi-c rodnced 

 to the alternative, either of remaining where we 



