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The Bark "Light Horse" set sail, on the 27th of Jan. 

 1787. Her deck was loaded with lumber. Nine days 

 out they encountered a heavy gale, and a "very boister- 

 ous sea," that carried away part of their deck load, dashed 

 in her ports, and started a leak. The pumps were suffi- 

 cient to keep the leak under control. 



They were troubled with ice, and after a long passage 

 of fifteen weeks, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. The 

 Captain wrote his first letter from Table Bay, dated May 

 15, 1787, giving a circumstantial account of his passage, 

 and of the sale of a portion of his cargo. From the Cape 

 of Good Hope, they sailed for the Isle of France, where 

 they arrived after a passage of thirty days. Here the 

 cargo was sold, and the products of this sale used to pur- 

 chase a return lading. Mr. Derby, soon after the "Light 

 Horse," had sent out the Bark "Three Sisters," Ichabod 

 Nichols, Master, with a cargo valued at 4129, 7s. Id. 

 On arriving at the Isle of France, both her cargo and the 

 vessel herself were sold, the latter for $6,000. The 

 money thus procured was also used to obtain a complete 

 return lading for the "Light Horse." The cargo procured 

 consisted principally of bourbon coffee, but also com- 

 prised India goods, such as bags, cotton, pepper, salt- 

 petre, china-ware, bandanna handkerchiefs, calico, cotton 

 handkerchiefs, cotton goods, etc. 



The passage home was safely, but laboriously made. 

 On arriving off our coast* by reason of severe weather, 

 and much ice, they were forced to put into Portsmouth. 

 Here the illness of Capt. Tucker was so great that Capt. 

 Nichols of the "Three Sisters," who had returned with 

 them, brought the vessel from Portsmouth to Salem. 

 Arriving Jan. 27, 1787, just one year from the time of 

 their departure. 



The voyage proved fatal to Capt. John Tucker, who 



