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A Journall of our Expedition {against} Canada Under the Command of Brigadier Hill. General, and Commander Chief by Land in {the} Present Expedition and {Sir} Hovenden Walker Admirall and Commander in Chief by Sea In {the} year 1711 Begun {the} 30th of July.
July 30, Munday
This morning the Admiral made the Signall to come to Sail about 5 AM. accordingly the fleet consisting in all of seventy odd Sail came to Sail and got all out by 10 or 11 lay by till 6 PM being off of [Marblehead?] Stood away [East?] with a fresh gale at S.W
Tuesday 31
this morning at 10 the Admirall made his Signall for the masters of the transports to come on board him and Divided the fleet into 3 Squadrons lay by till about 6. P.M. then made sail with the wind at SE. at 12 this Day we were about 18 {Leagues?} {East} of {Cape} Anne
Wensday {August} 1
This Day full of fogg till 3 PM. the wind at S most part of {the} Day so we stood at 12 were about 40 {Leagues} from {Cape} Anne
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{August} Thursday 2
This Day the wind at [?]NW fresh gale so that at 4 P M. we were about 12 Leagues W. of Cape Sables as a fisherman we [?] mett told us, it being [?] [PM?]
Friday 3
This day at 8 AM we made the land of Cape Sables bearing NN.W about 8 Leagues {Distant?} at 6 were about 16 {Leagues} to the {East} of {the} Cape and saw {the} Land all along shore. the wind still continues at NW. a fair pleasant Gale
Saturday 4
Calme all this forenoon but 12 the wind sprung up at SW so that by night we reckond we [near?] up with Lahave
Sabbath Day
full of fogg all this forenoon. the wind very fresh at [S?] the sea running pretty high. about 2 it cleard up the wind at W a small gale so we stood easily along E[N?]E were about 6 or 8 Leagues E of Lahave by night
Munday 6
a Pleasant gale at W. the most Part of the Day so that at 12 we were off of the Bay of Island. About 30 League west of {the} Gul of [Caciss?], at 6 the wind veer'd about to NNE so we lay E but in the Evening Dy'd away. this Day came into the fleet a Sloop {which} came out from Salem Wensday [?] in her Passage met a sloop [?] ketch as he told him had been taken by a p[?]
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Ship of 40 [?] which came from france on a fishing voyage with 500 men was making [?] fish somewhere about the [?] of C[?] and in the mean was [?] ing with his Ship
Tuesday 7.
the wind was westerly the most part of this Day, so that at night we were just upon the Pitch of C. Briton but the wind Dying away about 4 P.M. we lay by
Wensday 8.
the wind at E all Day adn full of of Fogg so we gaind no [casting?] only some thing [southerly?]
Thursday 9
this morning at about 2 the wind came about to N.W., and the fogg cleard away so we stodd in the Land as near as we could, but were driven so far southward by yesterdays wind that at Day we could not see the Land, however made it by 7 o Clock to [?] in all Day thinking we had tossed the Point of of C Brito but to ward night the land making so much East of us begun to think we had not got the Length of the Cape but the Point we lost for it was [?] at the going in of the G[?] of C[?]
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{August} And we find by the Land that we were off of the [Gul?] of [Consso?] yesterday So have not yet the Length of [C?] at 10 AM. the wind come in at N blew [astream?] fresh all Day So that few of {the} fleet could carry their Topsails. however we turned to windward and by night got upwith English harbor and then the wind [keen'd?] and [oer'd?] to the westward - So we lay our Course N.E.
Saturday 11 The wind continued at W. and WSW all this Day. So we turn'd the [C?] Stood N & N[N?]W all Day. by our observation were at [19?] mi Lat 46. and if the wind continues hope to make [cape?] St. Laurence to morrow
Sabbathday 17 This morning at 6 we made C St. Lawrence and the Isle of St. Pauly at 12 were up with St. Pauly at 2 lay by for the master of the [Graveworth?] to go aboard thier Respective Commodorer to Receive orders for the [Resct?] Rendezvous which is [Gaspe?] or [?] [Sept?] [?] the Day Capt Matthews and the Leopard Joyn'd the fleet as also a Small Sloop taken by the Leopard bound to Quebeck from [Racentia?] with advice of our coming giving an exact [count?] of our number and Strength at 5 made sail again stood away. NW the wind at WSW. blowing estream hard