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Only two days had pafled, from the time 

 of leaving the harbour, when a fignal was 

 made for the fleet to wear, and return to Cove 0 

 The weather being, at the time, uncommonly 

 thick and hazy, feveral of the fhips ran foul 

 of each other : one went dire&ly aboard the 

 unwieldy George and Bridget, which was ever 

 in the way of accident and difafter, and had it 

 not been a much lighter veffel, than herfelf, 

 muft have funk her, with all hands, to the bot- 

 tom. As it was, fhe ftove in her fide, and left 

 an unfeemly mark of injury, which fhe ftill 

 bears about her. The wind being fcarcely 

 more favorable for returning than for advanc- 

 ing, feveral of the fhips were unable to make 

 the harbour ; and from being obliged to keep 

 at fea, they flood on and efFe&ed the paflage 

 alone, — which explains the circumftance of fo 

 many fingle fhips of this convoy having arrived 

 in Carlifle bay. 



The George and Bridget, after her un- 

 fortunate accident, reached fo near the harbour 

 as to take a pilot on board to carry her in — 

 but from the wind veering round, and blowing 

 ftrong againft them, poor Patrick the pilot, in 

 fleering for Cove harbour, flood acrofs the 



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