It has been stated above that the ship _Fortune_, of 53 tons burden, brought in the autumn of 1621 the Pilgrim passengers who had been left in England the year before by the sea-unworthiness of the _Speedwell_.

The _Fortune_ anchored in Plymouth Bay the 9th of November--just a year from the day on which the _Mayflower_ spied the land of Cape Cod.

Mr.Winslow prepared and sent back by the _Fortune_ an elaborate "Relation" of the state and prospects of the colony, for the information of the merchant adventurers and others in England.

He describes the climate, soil, and all the resources of the colony's means of support, together with the process and result of the first year's labour.

I will simply give his account of the manner in which they celebrated what in England would be called a "Harvest Home." He says: "Our harvest being got in, our Governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might, after a more special manner, rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labours.