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about five leagues north of Louifburgh : but the. wind 

 > continuing S. W. and the current fetting the Ihip 

 northward, we were obliged to work up towards the 

 harbour. 



On the 13th, at fix in the morning, we faw a bri- 

 gantine plying along the coaft for J^ouifburgh the 

 Delivrance on this hoifted a French enfign, which was 

 anfv/ered by the other, firing two or three guns. This 

 gave us no manner of uneafinefs, concluding that the 

 brigantine fufpe6ling fome deceit in our colours, had 

 fired thofe guns as a warning to the filhing barks with- 

 out, to get into the harbour and they put the fame 

 conftrudlion on this firing, immediately Ihewing the 

 greatefl: hurry in making for a place of fafery. An 

 hour afterwards, being near eight o'clock, we faw 

 coming out of Louifburgh two men of war, which 

 we immediately took for fhips belonging to a French 

 fquadron fi:ationed there for the fecurity of that im- 

 portant place, and that they had come out on the fig- 

 nal from the brigantine, that a fiiip had appeared in 

 fight, left it might be fome Bofton privateer, with a 

 defign on the fifliery. Thus we were under no manner 

 of anxiety, efpecially as they came out with French 

 colours, and one of them had a pennant. All the 

 forts of Louifburgh, as well as all the fhips in the 

 harbour, which we could now plainly diflinguilh, 

 wore the like difguife. Here I muft refer to the rea- 

 der's imagination the complacency and joy which 

 fvveiled every heart, imaginmg that we now faw the 

 end of all our fears and difafters •, a place of fafe re- 

 pofe after a voyage of danger and fatio;ue. Then let 

 the reader be pleafed ro think what an edge the me- 

 lancholy difappointment gave to our ailonifhment and 

 deje6lion, when amidfl the indulgence of fiich pleafing 

 ideas, we found our hopes defiiroyed, and all our vi- 

 iionary fchem^es of delight, ending in the real miferies 

 of captivity. 



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