LABRADOR JOURNAL 211 



Thur.sdoijj Xovcmhcr 7, 1776. xVt half past two 

 o'clock this afternoon wc got under weigh, and 

 sailed for Dartmouth; at six o'clock we judged 

 ourselves to be abreast of Belle Isle, but could 

 not see it, and at seven we passed close to a very 

 large island of ice. 



Dull, hazy weather. 



Saturday, November 23, 1776. At half an hour 

 after two o'clock this morning, (it then blowing 

 a hard gale of wind, with a great sea, and ver}^ 

 thick weather) we saw Scilly Light, right ahead, 

 by which we knew we were among the rocks lying 

 to the westward of it. The hehn was immediatel^y 

 put aport, and the vessel, which was at that time 

 going seven miles an hour, flew up into the wind 

 with her head to the southward. AVliile the people 

 were bracing the head yards about, I espied a 

 breaker, not far to leeward, and a little ahead 

 witlial; we inunodiately vered to the other tack, 

 and in so doing, she went within half her lengtli 

 of the rock; we got the sails trimmed as quick 

 as possible, then lay u}) north by west, and ran 

 near five knots an hour. At a quarter after three 

 we discovered four high rocks, close under our 

 lee, and had much difficulty to clear them; indeed 

 we all gave ourselves up for lost, and had we 

 struck against the rocks, not a soul could have 

 been saved; 1lo^vc^•f'r, we were now out of all dan- 

 ger, fn)' we s;i\v IK) iiioj-c .-irtci" tliosc; but for t'cai' 

 (if Hic woi'st, we kept on oui- course till dny-liglil; 

 ;ni(l during tlic wlmlc time, the lee end of the wind- 

 lass was scarce e\-en out of tlic water, as it blew 



