210 CAPTAIN CARTWRIGHT'S 



thirty-five beavers, seventeen otters, seven wol- 

 verings, six wolves, four white bears, one black 

 ditto, three minks, one lyuks, and three Indian- 

 dressed rangers. 



Wednes., October 9, 1776. At eight o'clock this 

 morning, we perceived a sail in the offing, and 

 sopn knew her to be my ship; at noon she came 

 to an anchor, and the captain (David Kinlock) 

 came on shore and brought my letters. From 

 them I learned that she had brought my supplies 

 for the winter, and also two clerks, viz. Joseph 

 Daubeny and Robert Collingham; that she had 

 goods on board for Quebec, to which place she 

 ought to have gone first. This vessel had lately 

 been named the Countess of Effingham: she had 

 been eight weeks from Portland Road, and had 

 met with much bad weather, by which some of 

 her cargo was damaged. The arrival of this ship 

 saved the lives of some fine, fat, blood-hound 

 whelps; for, as we had nothing fresh to eat be- 

 sides codfish, captain Scott and I had determined 

 to have a bow-wow-pie for dinner to-day, and I 

 was actually going out to kill the whelps, when 

 I discovered the ship in the offing. We began to 

 turn the oil out of the store-house and prepare for 

 receiving the goods from on board the ship. 



Tuesday^ November 5, 1776. I shipped my bag- 

 gage on board a small brig called the Ann, com- 

 manded by William Pinson, (Mr. Pinson's son) 

 and in the evening I embarked, as did captain 

 Scott, Mr. Pinson, and all his English servants, 

 who were discharged. 



