Thisdailyexpectationofsailing, andallthethreepacketsgoingdowntoSandyHook, tojointhefleetthere, thepassengersthoughtitbesttobeonboard, lestbyasuddenordertheshipsshouldsail, , ifIrememberright, wewereaboutsixweeks, consumingoursea-stores, andoblig''d, thegeneralandallhisarmyonboard, boundtoLouisburg, withtheintenttobesiegeandtakethatfortress; allthepacket-boatsincompanyorderedtoattendthegeneral'sship, , , carriedthemwithhimtoHalifax, wherehestayedsometimetoexercisethemeninshamattacksuponshamforts, thenalteredhismindastobesiegingLouisburg, andreturnedtoNewYork, withallhistroops, togetherwiththetwopacketsabovementioned, andalltheirpassengers! DuringhisabsencetheFrenchandsavageshadtakenFortGeorge, onthefrontierofthatprovince, andthesavageshadmassacredmanyofthegarrisonaftercapitulation.
IsawafterwardsinLondonCaptainBonnell, , whenhehadbeendetain'damonth, heacquaintedhislordshipthathisshipwasgrownfoul, toadegreethatmustnecessarilyhinderherfastsailing, apointofconsequenceforapacket-boat, , , “Ifyoucandoitinoneday, Igiveleave; otherwisenot; foryoumustcertainlysailthedayaftertomorrow.” Soheneverobtain'dleave, thoughdetainedafterwardsfromdaytodayduringfullthreemonths.
IsawalsoinLondononeofBonnell'spassengers, whowassoenrag'dagainsthislordshipfordeceivinganddetaininghimsolongatNewYork, andthencarryinghimtoHalifaxandbackagain, , Ineverheard; but, asherepresentedtheinjurytohisaffairs, itwasveryconsiderable.
