214 CAPTAIN CARTWRIGHT'S 



Tuesday, Api^il 29, 1777. We got under weigh 

 at ten o'clock this morning, but having the tide 

 against us, it was two in the afternoon before we 

 passed the Needles. 



Sundaij, May 4, 1777. We got sight of Dungar- 

 von Hills at noon to-day, and anchored at Passage, 

 in the harboui' of Waterford, at eight o'clock at 

 night. 



We found lying here the Pegasus Sloop of War, 

 captain Gore ; and the Wasp Sloop, captain Bligh ; 

 also a number of vessels which were bound to 

 Newfoundland, under convoy of the Pegasus. The 

 lieutenant of the above ship boarded mine soon 

 after she passed Duncannon Fort, and although 

 it was then tide of ebb and the wind was very 

 scant, he obliged her to lie to, until she was very 

 near being on shore upon the rocks. After a great 

 deal of improper behaviour, he pressed Roco Gas- 

 per, an Italian; notwithstanding he had a pro- 

 tection. I was at that time on shore, and on 

 receiving information of the above particu- 

 lars, I waited on captain Gore; but very sorry 

 am I to say, that I neither obtained the 

 man's discharge, nor met with that degree 

 of politeness which it was natural for me to ex- 

 pect. 



I went to Waterford the next morning, where 

 I purchased provisions, and hired upwards of 

 thirtv fishermen for the use of my concerns in 

 Labrador. These transactions found me with full 

 employment till the evening of the ninth; by 

 which time the provisions were on board, most of 



