I sailed from Dartmouth, in the sloop Nancy, on the 9th of September, 1775, bound to the coast of Africa; on the 4th of November arrived at Goree, at which place I began to make my trade; from thence proceeded down to Mountsirarder ー On the 10th of January, 1776, laying at anchor at the above-mentioned place, I was taken by the sloop of war called the Atalanter, Thomas Underwood, commander;² at which time they had taken a schooner called the Juno, belonging to the same owners, one Shockley, master, on a whaling voyage; I had the liberty of remaining on board my own vessel with the prize master so long as I behaved well; but if any complaint should be found against me, the Captain told me he would put me in irons; my mate and one of the people were taken on board the ship, and the 3 others remained on board the sloop; they then proceeded with the prizes down to Cape Coast, where they disposed of upwards of 6000 gallons of rum, some rice and other articles on their own account, and purchased slaves; these goods were part of said, sloop Nancy's cargo from thence they proceeded with the prizes down the coast, in search of the Americans, but luckily found none; then sailed over to St. Thomas's, where we found the Pallace [Pallas] frigate, and the Weazel sloop of war. They had cruised the coast down, and the Pallace had taken one prize, a schooner, registered at New York, one Scanett master; the Weazel had taken two prizes, a sloop belonging to New-York, one Darbey master, and a small schooner belonging to South-Carolina, which had been a long time on the coast, and when at St. Thomas's, there was an information given of a brig lying up Gibboon river, one Marshal master, from London, with American papers, and belonging to New-York, mounting 14 guns. The Dartmouth schooner, one of the prizes mentioned above, was immediately armed, and the Weazel sloop of war went in search of said brig, but I think she may have got clear, as I believe Capt Marshal had information of their coming. On the first day of May, 1776, the Pallace, Capt. Cornwall ³ and the Atalanter, with their prizes, sailed in company from St. Thomas's bound to Jamaica; and that on the 15th of May, in the lat. of 2 S. and long. 5 W. we parted with the said vessels, the 8th of June arrived at St. Vincent's, the prize master being onshore, we all agreed (11 in number, 4 men-of-war's-men, 7 prisoners with myself) to run away with the sloop Nancy's and at the time of our making the attempt, two of the prisoners, who belonged to Capt. Shockley's schooner, which were his mate, by the name of Beatle, his brother and one of the men-of-war's men, failed in said attempt. We then put them all three on shore, with their chests and cloaths, and got said vessel under sail about 3 miles from the land, when it became quite calm; we tarried on board said sloop until day brake, we then tho't the prize master might be apprized of our attempt, therefore left said sloop, took to our boat and proceeded for Martinico; where, thank Almighty God, we are all safe arrived, but with loss of said sloop Nancy, and all my papers of every kind; Capt. Shockley and his people were all put on board the Atalanter.