EMBARKATION IN TrfE CARTEL. 
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mess-njates to hide some, as well as wine, butter, cheese, &c. 
or they would have left us entirely without these necessary ar- 
ticles. 1 had, however, no fault to hud with the captain, ex- 
cepting not allowing wine for the sick. As to myself, 1 had his 
confidence ; and sat down to a good table with him, while my 
shipmates in the other vessels were almost starving. The only 
trouble I had was to settle little disputes betvveen them and the 
lady : she thought she had a right to take her own things ; a little 
bread and butter, for instance, between her meals. Tiiey thought 
th.e contrary : and simple as this was, it occasioned continual 
discord; the commissary running with complaints against her to 
the captain ; she, at the same time, being continually peevish ai«d 
cross, from the various losses they had sustained. 
I must now continue my narrative from the Trio cartel. The 
French commodore gave us live days provision for lOO men to 
go to Sierra Leone. Besides the Favourite's crew> there were 
the Trio's, and Robert's of Liverpool; Hero's"=of Glasgow; 
Flora's from London ; and Belle's from Greenock. From the 
calms about the Banana and Turtle Islands, we were detained 
eight days, and of course short of provision and water. 
January 24th. Cape Mount bore E. S. E. distant Hve leagues. 
At live P. M. the commodore orcfered all the British subjects 
into the Trio. We weighed and made sail, the wind W. S. W, 
to N. E. fine clear weather. 
Januaiy 25th. Some of the sailors belonging to the mer- 
chantman became mutinous ; supposing, as they were in a cartel, 
no one had any command over them ; the consequence was, that 
all hands were called, the captain read the articles of war to 
them, pointed out the ill consequences of want of order and re- 
gulation, and the necessity of subordination ; otherwise the na- 
vigation of this small vessel, with so many men, would be dan- 
gerous, as the passage was long and tedious to England. He 
then impressed on each of the backs of the mutineers three 
sound dozen each, after which they were perfectly obedient to 
order. 
January 27th. Wind variable, lat. 7° 30'. Light airs occa- 
sionally, and lying at anchor during part of the time. On mus- 
tering the company, we found in all l60 of us, officers in- 
cluded. 
January 28th. Wind W. N. W. to N.N. W. land extending 
from N, E. to E. N. E. lat. 7^ 46' N. We anchored off Saint 
Anne's. At six A.M. weighed, but were obliged to be towed 
by our boats. 
January 29tb, 30th; 31st. Wind W. N. W. to N. N. E. lat, 
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