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good prize, loaded with honey, soap, 
and tobacco; which we sent to 
Malta. ats 
May: 25.—About four o'clock saw a 
sailin the offing; which we took to-be 
a Turkish man-of-war: we slipped.our 
cables,:\and went after her, and. got 
every thing ready, for engaging her. 
When we got within gun-shot of her, 
we fired'a gun, and she did the same, 
and hoisted her colours: she was a 
French frigate, looking out for pirates. 
"They sent their boat on-board, to know 
where we fitted-out, and what we 
were doing; but our captain would 
only tell them he was a Russian 
cruizer, and: that his commission was 
as good as their's: when the l’rench 
captain told us to mind what we were 
about, and. stood out te sea; and we 
into harbour, for our anchors and 
cables. 
May 26.—We sailed in the after- 
noon, and fell in with the French 
frigate again; but she said nothing 
to us... 
May 30.—Boarded a French ship 
from Smyrna, bound to Algiers, with 
Turkish passengers on-board. We 
took their goods from them, and let 
them go. : 
May 31.—Came to an anchor at the 
island of Cashio, and plundered it of 
every thing we could; besides burn- 
ing the town, and all the vessels in 
the place. 
June 2.—Sailed for the island of 
Narris; which we plundered of silk, 
and burnt the Turkish governor’s 
palace, and a new frigate on the stocks; 
besides killing twenty Turks, that had 
no time to make their escspe, 
June 4.—Spoke a Ragusa polacca, 
which told us there was a Turkish 
xebec in Scandaroon, bound to 
Smyrna, with money to pay the sol- 
diers, besides coffee and rice; and 
that she would sail the first fair wind. 
We now hauled up for the north end 
of Cyprus, where we ‘knew the xcbee 
must pass. 
June 7.—Saw her, and gave chace ; 
and, at four in the afternoon, got 
alongside. She engaged us an hour 
anda balf, and then struck. She had 
on-board -twenty-four guns, and 250 
men. We took all the prisoners on- 
board,.and sent. the prize. to Malta, 
Our ship’s company was now reduced 
to sixty-five. é 
June 8.—At two o’clock we put all 
the prisoners to death. We fell in 
with several merchant-vessels of all 
Christian Warfare against the Turks in 1789. 
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nations, and took, out of them. asymany 
as made our ship’s company 115: su 
that wewere ready for a:freshcruize. 
June 32.—Spoke.a Venetian ‘ship, 
that. came from Jaffa, bound .to Con- 
stantinople. »She told us there was a 
Turkish vesselthere, bound for Rhodes, 
loaded. with. coffee . and _ rice ;, with 
twelve guns, and»sixty, men on-board. 
At four o’clock in the afternoon we 
were alongside of her: she engaged us 
half an hour, and then struck... We 
took all. the prisoners on-board, and 
sent the prize to Leghorn. 
June 13.—We put all the: prisoners 
to death. At six in the afternoon we 
saw a sail to leeward; to which we 
gave chace, and soon. came up with 
her: she was a Greek ship, laden with 
wood for the Turks. We took the 
men out of her, and set her on. fire; 
and then we steered for Syria. We 
had not. sailed above three leagues 
before the man at the mast-head saw 
two vessels at anchor, and our tender 
went in and spoke them. ‘They were 
Turks: one had three bales of silk, and 
nine bales of turbans; in the other was 
nothing but ballast, 
June 14.—We took the silk mak: 
turbans out, put the people on shore, 
and set the vessels on fire. Nextmorn- 
ing we saw three more at anchor, and 
went in after them. They were Turkish 
ships loading for Alexandria. We 
took all the prisoners on-board, and 
burnt their ships. At four o’clock we 
put them all todeath. 
June 15,— We steered for Castle R, 
and hoisted Venetian colours. Here 
was a large town, without any appear- 
ance of guns;-and, as s00n as we 
came. within gun-shot,- we> fired in 
among the houses, hauled down the 
Venetian colours, and hoisted Russian. 
All hands went on-shore, and) plun- 
dered them of every thing they. had, 
besides burning one-half of the town, 
and killing all the Turks who could 
not get away. 
could tell the amount, as. we took 
much gold and silver out of their 
churches ; such as images and candle-' 
sticks. . 
June 16.—Went out, and spoke a 
French brig from Smyrna, bound to 
Marseilles, loaded with wool and 
hemp.. 
June 17.—In ‘the morning spoke a 
Venctian polacca, that told us there 
were three Turkish ‘ships in Alexan- 
dria, laden with coflee and rice for 
Constantinople; on which we bore 
away 
As for plunder, noone * 
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