He accordingly sold some ten or a dozen barrels of beef and pork, at a high price, to the captain of an English ship.

The transaction, by some unknown means, was discovered by the government officials, who, in a very grave and imposing manner, visited the brig with a formidable posse.

They found in the hold a considerable quantity of the salted provisions on which no duty had been paid; this they conveyed on shore and confiscated to the use of His Majesty the King of Great Britain.

The brig also was seized, but was subsequently released on payment of a heavy fine.
The merchant vessels lying in St.Pierre are generally moored head and stern, one of the anchors being carried ashore, and embedded in the ground on the beach.

A few days after we were thus moored, a large Spanish schooner from the Main hauled in and moored alongside, at the distance of only a few fathoms.