4 .-. ANECDOTES OF 
an education fuitable to his early propenfities. At the 
age of fixteen, he began his maritime career, under the 
deceafed Captain Michael Everet of the navy, at the 
commencement of hoflilities, in 1755 : and at the fame 
time that he learned the rudiments of his profeffion 
under that able officer, he partook with him in the 
early misfortunes, and fubfequent glories of the feven 
years war. Whatever opulence Phillip acquired from 
the capture of the Havannah, certain it is, that, at the 
age of twenty-three, he there was made a Lieutenant 
into the Stirling-cafde, on the 7th of June, 17615 by 
Sir George Pococke, an excellent judge of naval accom- 
pliihments. 
But of nautical exploits, however they may raife 
marine ofiicers, there muii be an end. Peace, with 
its bleffings, was reftored in 1763. And Phillip now 
found leifure to marry ; and to fettle at Lyndhurfl-^ 
in the Nev/ Foref^:, where he amufed himfelf with 
farming, and like other country gentlemen, difcharged 
afliduouily thofe provincial offices, which, however un- 
important, occupy refpecftably the owners of land, v/ho, 
in this ifland, require no office to make them im- 
portant. . . . 
But failors, like their own^ element, are feklom at 
reft. Thofe occupations, which pleafed Phillip while 
they 
