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morning, we faw the ifland of Efcatari, which lies about 

 Hve leagues north of Louiiburgh : but the wind conti- 

 nuing S. W. and the current fctting the ihip northward, 

 we were obliged to work up towards the harbour. 



On the 13th, at fix in the morning, we faw a bri- 

 gantine plying along the coaft for Louiiburgh ; the 

 Delivrance on this hoifted a French enfign, which was 

 anfwered by the other, firing two or three guns. This 

 gave us no manner of uneafinefs, concluding that the 

 brigantine fufpefting fome deceit in our colours, had 

 fired thofe guns as a warning to the fiihing barks with- 

 out, to get into the harbour'; and they put the fame 

 conftruflion on this firing, immediately fliewing the 

 greateit hurry in making for a place of fafety. An 

 hour afterwards, being near eight o'clock, wc faw 

 coming out of LouilLurgh two men of war, which 

 we immediately took for Ibips belonging to a French 

 fquadron ftationed there for the fecurity of that im- 

 portant place, and that they had come out on the fig- 

 nal from the brigantine, that a fhip had appeared in 

 fight, left it might be fomc Bofton privateer, with a 

 defign on the fiihery. Thus we were under no manner 

 of anxiety, efpecially as they came out with French 

 colours, and one of them had a pennant. All the 

 forts of Louiiburgh, as well as all the ihips in the 

 harbour, which vve could now plainly diftinguifh, 

 wore the like difguife. Here I m.uü refer to the rea- 

 der's imagination the complacency and joy which 

 fwelled every heart, imagining that we now faw the 

 end of all oUr fears and difafters; a place of fafe re- 

 pofe after a voyage of danger and fatigue. Then let 

 the reader be pleafcd to think v.hat an edge the melan- 

 choly dilappointnient gave to our aftoniihment and 

 dejedion, when amidft the indulgence of luch pleafing 

 ideas, we found our hopes deftroyed, and all our vi- 

 fionary fchemes of delight, ending in the real miferies 

 of captivity. 



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