If you had had the boat astarn, Captain Spike, an order would have been given to cut it adrift the first time the brig made sail on the wind.
As soon as he got the boat, he made sail, and came and took us off.
At day-light in the morning of the 11th, we made sail to the southward with the wind at west, having a fresh gale, attended with sleet and snow.
At three o'clock the next morning, the gale abating, we made sail, and continued to ply to the west till ten o'clock in the morning of the 6th.
I therefore gave over looking for her, made sail, and steered S.
The thick fog continued till two o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, when it cleared away a little, and we made sail to the southward, wind still at N.
At two o'clock in the morning of the 17th we made sail in for the land, with a fine breeze at S.
As soon as the boat was hoisted in, which, was not till near six o'clock, we made sail to the east, with a fine breeze at north.
At two o'clock in the morning of the 20th we made sail to S.
We remained all that day refitting; in the evening I made sail, in company with the French schooner, which was manned by Captain Levee, and stood in shore.
We received on board 140, and provisions sufficient with what we had, and having taken in all the water we could below and on deck, we made sail out of the river, and have since steered for the Brazils.
However, to make sure, I made sail on the schooner, and stood towards them.
We made sail, however, and having groped our way for about half a mile, found the ice once more close in every direction except that in which we had been sailing, obliging us to make the ships fast to a floe.
The ice being rather less close on the morning of the 16th, we made sail to the westward at 7.
The Hudson's Bay ships remained at anchor some time after we made sail, and in the course of the evening we finally lost sight of them.
She was a fine, large ship, and the moment she showed an intention not to pass through the toll-gate, we made sail in pursuit.
We made sail in chase, and the chase, taking the alarm, gave us a very pretty run for a few hours.
We now checked the line, and hauling in the lead, made sail again.
We stood for this last isle, which we reached by midnight, and then brought-to till day-break on the 24th, when we made sail to the S.
The boats were now hoisted in, and we made sail to the west, with a brisk gale at east, which continued till the 9th, when we had for a few hours, a breeze at N.
Seeing no good was to be got with these people, or at the isle, as having no port, we returned on board, and having hoisted in the boats, made sail to the W.
August As soon as the boats were hoisted in, we made sail, and stretched to the eastward, with a fresh gale at S.
Finding the French frigate, however, did not appear inclined to come out from under the protection of the batteries, the Blanche made sail towards a schooner, which she captured and took in tow.
On this the Phoenix, with her prize in tow, made sail to the southward, pursued by several French ships; but after a time they tacked and left her and her prize to proceed unmolested.
There seemed to be not the slightest possibility of our success, and as our chief object was to get wood and water, which certainly could be obtained elsewhere, cutting our cables, wemade sail out of the harbour.
Having rigged jury-masts we made sail, and, the wind coming to the southward, steered a course for England.
Her captain received us very kindly, and soon afterwards we made sail.
The frigate then hauled her wind, and I made sail to the northward.
This Captain Ord said he should do, and returned on board the Chatham, while we made sail to the northward.
On the day of St. Lawrence, we made sail to undertake the voyage to New Spain.
How we made two more incursions, which were the last, and what passed until we made sail.
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