I accordingly made the best of my way for Cork, and after a passage of 26 days arriv^{d.} at the Cove of Cork, this was meerly a harbour, & a village of a few thousand inhabitants--I landed & proceeded for the City, which was about 12 miles above; called upon the House of Jn^{o.} & Isaac Carrel & Co. to whoom I had a letter of introduction--they received me very politely, but doubted my obtaining permission to land the rum, even if I was willing to pay foreign duty. They, however, went with me to the custom house, to consult with the collector, who, I found was in favour of landing it; but dare not give permission, without consulting his superiors in office, and said he wou’d attend to it & essertain in a few days. I returned on board my ship in the evening, & found her in possession of 3 custom house officers, seized, ship and Carg, with the Kings seal upon her hatches--when I enquired the cause, I found it was for having on board sperits, not of the growth & manufactory of the British plantations--I called upon the deputy collector who ordered the Seizure of the ship--& he appeared so pleasant upon the subject that I felt quite a releif. I consequntly return’d to the city, & called again upon the Collector, [Sidenote: In Ireland] He told me, I would have to apply _in person_, to the Admirallity of Dublin relative to the Seizure of the ship--& he at the same time he wou’d write them relative to landing the sperits. I consequntly, post’d of for the City of Dublin a journey of about 200 miles, & arrived there without accident; much amused in traveling thro” the hart of Ireland, and observing the Irish people, in their symplicity of manners, and to appearance, almost, in a state of nature I called upon the board of Admirallity and after a lengthy investigation, & I employed council, twas found, that the ship & cargo, was forfeited to the crown, and was ordered fourthwith, to be adverti^{d} & sold at publick Auction--. It was (however) intimated to me (in private) this was intended as a _shem_, & that I wou’d have liberty, to buy ship & Cargo at my own price--& so it proved; for when I returned to Cork, I found the ship advertised, to be sold in 3 days, I appeard at the time & place, ship & cargo, with all appertunances, were set up together, to be sold for Cash down, some one, freindly to me, bid 2/6--I then bid 5^{s}/. and the whole was struck off to me--and thus, I was again in possession of ship and Cargo,