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1787. iron, however, mayjuftly be reckoned the ftaple commodity, every
,LJune~ thing elfe depending, in' a great meafure, on fancy and caprice.
Seals and beaver tails we brought to a regular ftandard price, a
ring being uniformly given for a tail or a feal-lkin ; fo that th a t
part of our traffic was quickly difpatched.
We now wait only for a fair wind to carry us from this place.
Flufhed with our late fuccefs, we are willing to hope, that the coaft
will yet afford us things of far greater confequence. Be this as it
may, thou mayeft expert at every opportunity to hear from thine
ever,
W . B.
N orfolk. Sound, ? 1
24th June, i
L E T T E R XXXIV.
EA R L Y in the morning o f the 23d of June, a light Wefterly
breeze fpringing up, we unmoored, and at fix o’clock weighed
anchor, and made fail. On getting in our fmall bower, we found
about twenty fathom of the cable cut by the rocks, and being unfit
for fervice, it was condemned.
At noon, Cape Edgcombe bore North 65 deg. Weft, about three
miles diftantfrom ffiore, and our meridian altitude gave 56 deg.
48 min. North latitude. Captain Dixon’s intention was to keep
well