his Officers Names which he
had forgott. The Wind being Contrary was Obliged to put back again
Came to an Anchor under Connanicut att 8 PM.

[Footnote 2: The long island lying just west of Newport, in
Narragansett Bay.]

[Footnote 3: Of Newport, the chief owner.]

[Footnote 4: A height at the southwestern extremity of Newport, on
which the colony had just erected a watch-tower.]

_Saturday 6th._ Weighd from Under Connanicutt att 4 AM. with a Small
Breeze of wind. Mett severall Vessells bound to Newport and Boston.
att 7 PM. Anchored Under Block Island over against the L10000 Pear.[5]
Bought 10s. worth of Codfish for the people.

[Footnote 5: In 1735 the Rhode Island assembly had appropriated L1200
for building a new pier at the harbor of Block Island (_R.I. Col.
Recs._, IV. 502, 508, 512), and had not appropriated more since; but
since the progress made had not been great, the quartermaster may be
speaking in the vein of sarcastic prophecy.]

_Sunday 7th._ About 4 AM. Weighd from Block Island mett a Conneticutt
Sloop bound to York. kept Compa. with him all that day and Night and
Munday the 8th Instant att 9 PM. Anchord in Huntington Bay.[6]

[Footnote 6: On the north shore of Long Island.]

_Munday 9th [8th]._ Weigh'd from Huntington Bay att 3 PM.[7] Saw the
Same Sloop who had Sail'd all the Night. att 11 Came to the white
Stone[8] fired a Gun and beat the Drum to lett them know what we was.
the Ferry boat Came off and told Us that we Cou'd not Gett hands att
York for the Sloops fitted by the Country[9] had Gott them all. att
12 Came to anchor att the 2 brothers.[10] att 4 took an Acct. of all
the provisions on Board with the Cost together with a List of all the
people on Board, as on the other Side.[10a]

[Footnote 7: Error for 3 A.M., probably.]

[Footnote 8: Whitestone Point, on the south side of the East River.]

[Footnote 9: _I.e._, by the province of New York; see under June 10.]

[Footnote 10: North Brother and South Brother islands, in the East
River, just outside of Hell Gate.]

[Footnote 10a: See p. 384.]

Price a hand that Came with Us from Rhode Island askt Leave to Go to
York to See his Wife. Sett a ---- Crazy fellow a shoar not thinking
him fitt to proceed that Voyage, his name Unknown to me.

_Wednesday 10th._ This Morning about 5 AM. Capt. Freebody went up to
York in the pinnace to Gett provisions and Leave to beat about for
more hands. att 1 PM. the Pinnace Returned and brought word t