As the Ship and Sloop had been long off the _Carreen_, they stretch'd away to the Northward, and made the best of their Way to _Penobscott_ River, which lies between _Nova Scotia_ and the Province of _Main_, where they designed to heave down. This Tract of Land is along the Coast about 190 Miles from West to East, reckoning from the Province of _Main_ to St. _Croix_; and about 200 Miles over from North to South, counting from the River _Quebeck_ to the Sea. King _Charles_ the Second made a Grant of it in 1663, to his Royal Highness _James_ Duke of _York_, who made a Settlement at _Pemaquid_; it abounds in all Sorts of Timber, and would bear excellent Hemp and Flax, and all Sorts of Naval Stores; is rich in Copper, Lead, and Iron Ore; and the Seas are stock'd with Whales, Cod, Sturgeon, Herrings, Mackrel, Salmon, Oysters, Cockles, _&c._ the Soil produces all Sort of _European_ Grain and Fruits; and the Woods shelter a great Number of Deer, as Elks, Red and Fallow Deer, _&c._ and this Country, if settled, would certainly be of great Advantage to _England_. I hope the Reader will pardon this small Digression which the Interest I take in every Thing, which may tend to the enriching or extending the Dominions of our glorious _Britain_, my dearly loved Country, forced me into: But to return, when they were at the Mouth of this River, it was thought more eligible to careen in the River _Mechisses_; they entered it as agreed, and run up about two Miles and a half, when they came to an Anchor, with their Prizes. The next Morning all the Prisoners were set ashore with Drivers, and Orders to assist in the building Huts; the Guns were also set ashore, and a Breast Work raised, with Embrazures, for the Canon on each Side the River, this took up four Days: A Magazine was dug deep in the Earth, and a Roof rais'd over it by the poor Slaves the Prisoners, whom they treated after the same Manner as the Negroes are used by the _West-India_ Planters. The Powder being secured, and every Thing out, they hove down the Sloop, cleaned her, and when she had all in again, they careened the _Whidaw_, by the largest Prize. Here the Stroler told the two Commanders, that they might lay the Foundation of a new Kingdom, which, in time, might subject the World, and extend its Conquests beyond those of the _Roman_ Empire. I am, it is true, said he, by Birth, the Son of a Miller, but I have Ambition, Avarice, and Learning enough, to be a Secretary of State, for I was a Servitor at _Oxford_ before I turn'd Stroler; and if you think fit to erect this Tract of Land into an Empire, and your joint Imperial Majesties will employ my Abilities, don't question but I will prove a true Patriot; that is, by the Figure I will make, I will be a Credit to your Court, and by the squeezing your Subjects (whom under the specious Pretence of Liberty, I will keep in abject Slavery) drain such Sums as shall ever keep them poor, and your and my Treasury full.