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SECTION II.
IWas hitherto, as they ſay, only a freſh Water Sailor, having never been ſo far from the Coaſt at to loſe Sight of Land: Now I was bound to Virginia as a Tryal Voyage, and had fifteen Shillings per Month for the firſt two Years.
We had a rough Paſſage, being eleven Weeks at Sea, betwixt Tory in Ireland and Cape Henry in Virginia. In our Paſſage we ſprung out three lower Maſts, and our Bowſprit, and was obliged at laſt to reef our Top-maſts, and leſſen our Sails by putting up our Mizen Top-ſail for the Main Top-ſail, leſt the Storm ſhould carry all our Maſts away. In Paſſage, the Sally Snow, alſo bound for Virginia, commanded by Paterſon, Mr Arthur of Greenock the Owner, was parted from us in the Storm; and had not again ſeen her for ſix Weeks after, when we ſaw her, ſhe was much in my Condition: We attempted to come up to her, but we ſuppoſe ſhe took us to be a French Ship, for ſhe bore right before the Wind to the Southward, and was never heard of ſince, as no Doubt ſhe periſhed at Sea and all her Crew. We arrived at laſt at Virginia, and anchored at Cherry Point, in Rapahnock River; but by Reaſon of the ſevere Froſt we durſt not venture up the River amongſt the Ice, ſo continued at Anchor ſix Weeks, when we ventured up Epſol Town, where we moored our Ship with a Swivel. When we were homeward bound, we had an Eagle on Board which devoured a Quarter of a ſmall Hog at a Meal.We
