At Anchor with a
contrary wind. About noon a Pilot Boat came along side to invite the Captn. to
a Barbecue. I went with him and have been highly diverted. These Barbecues are
Hogs, roasted whole. This was under a large Tree. A great number of young
people met together with a Fiddle and Banjo played by two Negroes, with Plenty
of Toddy, which both Men and Women seem to be very fond of. I believe they have
danced and drunk till there are few sober people amongst them. I am sorry I was
not able to join them. Got on Board late.
SOURCE: Nicholas
Cresswell, The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell 1774—1777, p. 30
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