History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

CHAPTER XI.
SETH POMEROY S JOURNAL,
Northampton, March, 14, 1744-5.
On Thursday set out from Northampton upon my journey
to Boston upon the designed expedition against Cape
Breton. Came to Boston Saturday, one of the clock, tar-
ried there till next week. On Saturday after at sunset
sailed down to King's Road and came to an anchor till
Sabbath day at three of the clock in the afternoon, and
sailed off with about sixty sail of vessels, and the same
night sun about an hour high. Taken very sick all that
night, next day all day and the night following, and Tuesday
all day, and at night came to anchor at the mouth of
Sheep's Gut river. Wednesday morning eat about one
quarter of a biscuit with butter and something revived,
and about noon went on shore, roasted meat and drank
good running water, felt much revived. This was the 27'"
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day. It was a cloudy day dark and misty, the night following
very rainy with cold north wind till about noon and
then cleared up with a cold northwest wind which was the
28*" day of March. We tarried there all that day in the
mouth of Sheep's Gut River at an anchor. Friday morning
set sail whicji was the 29'" day, about ten of the clock,
with a fair wind till the next day about noon and then
came up a terrible north east storm, all that day and night,
till about break of day, a Sabbath day morning and then a
calm all that day, which was the 31"', we lay rolling in the
seas, with our sails furled, with prodigious waves. Monday
another terrible storm which was the V^ day of April.
This day's storm scattered our fleet. The storm towards
night abated and then we were left alone, but about eight
of the clock of the night we set
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sail and in the morning,