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LETTER H. 



Author apprehenfive of fatiguing his friend with tales of de- 

 lay and dif appointment. A feet of merchantmen arrives at 

 Barbadoes after a fhort pajfage. The heavens and the fens 

 exclusively oppofed to the convoys of the expedition. Supply 

 if proviftons and flock at Barbadoes. Single fhips of the con- 

 voys fill continue to arrive. George and Bridget reaches 

 Carlife Bay. This fhip fwgularly the feat of incident and 

 difafler. Charatler of Mac — » His adventures and vexa- 

 tions concerning a cow, 



Barbadoes, March 30. 

 I fear you will be tired of reading tales 

 of difappointment and uncertainty, which, as I 

 before obferved, would feem to know no end. 

 On the morning of the 28th inft. we faw an 

 cnfign hoifted at the fort, and heard three guns 

 fired ; which conftitute the fignal of alarm 

 implying a flrange fleet to be in fight. It was, 

 immediately, concluded that it was the Cork 

 convoy, and its arrival was readily explained, 

 by fuppofing it to have put to fea again, quick- 

 ly after its return to harbour, and to have 

 availed itfelf of the favorable wind which had 



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