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taken a sloop of Mr. JSlade's, with about twenty- 

 two tims of seals' oil ou board, aud destroyed his 

 goods there; that a good mauy seals had been 

 killed on this side of Chateau; but that most of 

 the posts within the streights had lost the great- 

 est part of their nets, and killed very few seals. 

 That at my post in Charles Harbour, any number 

 might have been killed; they were in such plenty. 

 That everv bodv on this side of Trinitv were in 

 the utmost distress for provisions, from the dep- 

 radations of the privateers, as no vessels had ar- 

 rived from England. He informed me likewise, 

 that twelve men had been lost the last winter 

 upon this coast, by the severit}^ and badness of 

 the weather: that there were ])lent3" of codfish 

 to the southward, l)ut no salt; as no other vessel 

 but Slade's sloop had yet arrived. He also told 

 me, that John Baskem had taken possession of 

 my salmon-post at Port ^Marnham, and that all 

 my houses in, and near Charles Harl)Our had been 

 l)roken open and jilundered by the English crews 

 ill that neighbourhood: that Coghlan's crew at 

 Saudliill Cove had killed above a hundred tierces 

 of salmon, and had still strong fishing. 



Saturday, JiiJtj 17, 1779. Early this morning, 

 the people finished riggiup: ^he Beaver, and at 

 seven o'clfx-k, T sailed in her for Paradise. 



SutuUu), JuJji 1R, 1779. At three in the after- 

 noon the wind coming fail", we weighed and ran 

 up as high as the south poini of DiMmken Cove, 

 where we came In ;in .'iriclior r<»r \v;int of wind, 

 and r went to Paradise in the skiff. I found here, 



