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of Vlacentia ; but when he difcover'd £ Redoubt of 

 Stone lately bui!t upon the top of the Mountain, 

 which I mentioned to you in my laft Letter butorie, 

 he thought it more advifable to return quietly into 

 Europe, than to make a fruitlefs Attempt. We had 

 planted four Canon upon this high Redoubt, which 

 fogaul'd the Ships of his Fleer, that they werefoirc'd 

 to weigh Anchor, and hoift Sail fooner than they 

 intended. The fault of the Evglifh upon this occa- 

 fion, was, that they did not enter the Harbour the 

 fame day that they appear'd before the place. I 

 have obferv'd it many times, that Attempts do com- 

 monly mifcarry , by delaying them for a little while j 

 and of this I could give you at leaft fifteen or fix- 

 teen Inftances within the compafs of my owrt 

 Knowledge. But now I return to the Quarrel the 

 Governour had with me. 



Fancying that I had follicited my Employments 

 Without taking notice of him, he treated me with 

 all manner of Reproaches and Outrages, from the 

 time of my Landing, to that of my Departure, and 

 was not fatisfy'd with appropriating to himfelf the 

 Profits and Advantages of the free Company that 

 was given me, but likewifeftop'd without any fcru- 

 pie, the pay of the Soldiers that were employ 'd iri 

 the Cod-fifhing by the Inhabitants, and made the 

 reft work without Wages. I fhall take no notice of his 

 publick Extortion 5 for tho' he has formally counter- 

 acted the ten Articles contained in the Orders oi Lewis 

 the 1 or A, yet he had fo many Friends in all the 

 Courts, that he could not be found guilty : There's 

 fome pleafure in making Prefents in his way, for 

 by them he has made yoooo Crowns per fai & tie- 

 fas y in the fpace of three or four years. I fhould 

 never have done, if I offered to give you a particu- 

 lar account of all fhe trouble and vexation he gave 

 m& I fhall only mention three inftahce£ whieM 

 feroVra'd all ih@ rdi 



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