TRAVELS 



THROUGH THE 



MIDDLE SETTLEMENTS 



IN 



NORTH AMERICA. 



ON Friday the 27th of April, 1759, 1 embarked, 

 in company with several North American 

 gentlemen, on board the Dispatch, Captain 

 Necks, for Virginia; and the next day we set sail 

 from Spithead, under convoy of his majesty's ship 

 the Lynn, Captain Sterling, commander, with thirty- 

 three sail of trading vessels. We came to an anchor 

 in the evening in Yarmouth Road, and the next 

 day sailed with a fresh easterly wind through the 

 Needles. 



April 30. We passed by the Lizard, and in the 

 evening discovered a sail, which proved to be an 

 English sloop laden with corn. She had been taken 

 by a French privateer, and was steering for France: 

 there were three Frenchmen and one Englishman 

 on board. The commodore sent some hands to her, 

 with orders to carry her to Penzance. 



May 1. Thick, hazy weather with a fair wind. 



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