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Packet thought it unsafe to attempt passing them; he therefore put the ship about, with an intention to run into Princes Bay, and there lie at anchor till next morning, being a distance of near 20 miles. As we were running before the wind, at the rate of 6 miles an hour, in the dead of the night, with a very rough sea, the vessel sud- denly struck against something which immediately stopped her progress; and she swung round with great violence and noise. At the first alarm I ran upon deck, when I found that our vessel had run foul of another, which was lying at anchor; and our bowsprit was entangled in the rigging of the other ship. This so broke the force of the shock, that we sustained but little damage, and in a short time got clear of each other. We had great cause to be thankful for so signal a preservation, many vessels having been lost, with the people in them, when in much less apparent danger than we were on this occasion. 9th Month, 3d. After lying at anchor several hours, at day-light we again made sail for New- York, where we were met by some of our friends at the wharf, and I again took up my quarters at my kind friend S. P.'s. 9th Month, 5th. Yesterday I called upon se- veral of my friends to take leave of them, and this day, accompanied by J. W. and T. W. I went on board the Oliver Elsworth, with a view of taking