[Country Harbor, Nova Scotia, October 29]
Running over Brown Bank2 I shipped a sea which racked the Franklin, and set her leaking, was under the necessity for proceeding for Country Harbour to stop the same. As soon as ready sailed directly, the winds holding out Easterly.
1. Selman to Gerry, March 18, 1813; Salem Gazette, July 22, 1856.
2. A long shoal off the southeastern coast of Nova Scotia.
