LABRADOR JOURNAL 213 



THE FOURTH VOYAGE 



April, 1777. Last year my brother John imfor- 

 tunately })ut my business mto the hands of akler- 

 man Wooh'idge, Avho saeriticed iwj interest to his 

 own, by shipi)ing a quantity of rum and porter 

 on board the Countess of Effingham, for Quebec; 

 in order that he mi^lit receiA'e the freight, which 

 amounted to two hundred pounds. From this cir- 

 cumstance she was not only detained in EngUmd 

 above a month later than she would otherwise 

 liave been, which made her late arrival in Labra- 

 dor of dangerous consequence, as well as a great 

 loss to me; but she was afterwards obliged to 

 proceed to Quebec. She, however, had the good 

 fortune to arrive there, and to return to England; 

 but as she came back empty, her expences 

 aninuiitcd to more money than the freight. She 

 liad nioi-('o\ci' received some damage, wliich 

 o])lioc(| iiK- t(, j)iij ;i )](.^v keel into her, and give 

 hei* some ni]i. |- repairs that cost me a considerable 

 sum. 



In lbc iiiciii fiiiic T )ti-o\'ided such good as 

 could b(* procui-ed in Ii(>n(lon, shipped Ihcm on 

 J)oai'(k ;iiid tlicii oj-dei'ed ilic sliip 1o Tiymming- 

 <<'ii to take in some salt, and to wait for my 

 arrival. 



