LABRADOR JOURNAL 337 



we were; liaviiig lot;! lier masts and nine men; 

 all of whom were washed overboard, when her 

 masts were carried away. 



I remained at Brixham till Tuesday the fifth, 

 when I hired a single-horse chair, (u^^ chaise being 

 to be had) and went to Tinmonth; wlicre I found 

 the John safe arrived, and a Newfoundland ves- 

 sel, which attempted to come in on Sunday night, 

 on shore upon the beach at the mouth of the har- 

 bour. On Wednesday I got my ])aggage on shore, 

 and was informed by the mate, that, at such times 

 as I was upon deck general Arnold through the 

 medium of his servant, had stolen most of the 

 wine, which belonged to us both, and had sold it 

 to the sailors for water; which he kept for his 

 own use. Be that as it may, the facts were these; 

 on examining the lockers, only one bottle of wine 

 was left, although there ought to have been more; 

 and there w^ere nine bottles of w^ater, not one drop 

 of which I knew of. A few days after we were 

 reduced to a pint of water, the general's servant 

 offered to purchase from the sailors, two bottles 

 for me; the price of which was to be a dollar in 

 money; I readily consented to give that price, 

 and one bottle was delivered the next day; but 

 I could never get the other until Friday last, when 

 T had 110 occasion i'ov it; and as T had, for a 

 long lime })ast, obser^'ed 1lic general to have 

 great abuiKl.nicc oi" water, 1h<'i'e is very gi'eat 

 reason to Ix'Iieve the male's repjnl lo be a true 

 one. 



On the seventh T went in a chaise to Exeter, and 



