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once in the course of the day., and determined 
to sail on all night. A short time after sun¬ 
set we passed the boundary between the Bri¬ 
tish dominions and the United States. Here 
we were brought to by an armed brig of 
twenty guns, under English colours, stationed 
for the purpose of examining all boats passing 
up and down the lake; the answers which we 
gave to the several questions asked being satis¬ 
factory, we were accordingly suffered to pro¬ 
ceed. Since the surrender of the posts, pur¬ 
suant to the late treaty with the United States, 
this brig has been removed, and laid up at St. 
John’s. When night came on, we wrapped 
ourselves up in our blankets, as we had done 
on the first night of our voyage, and laid down 
upon the cabin floor, where we might possibly 
have slept until we got to St. John’s, had we 
not been awakened at midnight by the loud 
holias of the sentinel at the British fort on Isle 
aux Moix. On examining into the matter, it 
appeared that the boat had been driven on 
shore, while our sleepy pilot enjoyed his nap 
at the helm; and the sentinel, unable to 
imagine what we were about, seeing the boat 
run up close under the fort, and suspicious of 
some attack, I suppose, had turned out the 
whole guard; by whom, after being examined 
and re-examined, we were finally dismissed. 
Wo now took the command of the boat upon 
