4:30 P.M.passed Cape Sable; distance, three cables from the land.

The sloop making eight knots.

Fresh breeze N.W." Before the sun went down I was taking my supper of strawberries and tea in smooth water under the lee of the east-coast land, along which the _Spray_ was now leisurely skirting.
At noon on July 3 Ironbound Island was abeam.

The _Spray_ was again at her best.

A large schooner came out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, this morning, steering eastward.