"We left Bonney1 on the 8th of August, with 349 slaves, and buried ninety, and ten white men on the passage. On the 7th of October, lat. Barbadoes, and 58 deg. west longitude, we fell in with the Fly sloop of 12 four pounders, and 95 men, Thomas Palmer commander, whom we engaged and beat of three times. On the 9th, the St. Peter, a ship of 18 six pounders and 130 men, Samuel Chace, commander, hove in sight, and joined the Fly. We then struck to the ship, as we found it impossible to keep them both off, having but 32 men and boys on board, and only 20 able to do duty. They carried us into Port Trinity in Martinico, where they sold the slaves; the officers of the St. Peter bought our ship, intending to fit her out for a privateer.—Captain Rimmer went from hence over to Martinico, accompanied by a king's officer, dispatched by the governor of this island, to demand the ship again;2 but they were not allowed to be introduced to the governor of Martinico, and were under the necessity of coming back without any answer to our governor's demand. It is probable captain Rimmer may be censured by some persons for losing his ship, but he behaved during the actions with the spirit and bravery of a Briton."
