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them, almost all the people jumped 
overboard, and swem on-shore. These 
vessels were loading with coffee and 
rice fer Constantinople. We: loaded 
the two largest with what was in. the 
others, and sent them to Leghorn, 
which made us short of hands; as, 
all together, we now were but seventy- 
five. 
July 2. —After manning the two 
prizes, we sailed for Cerigo, to get 
more hands: we burnt the ships we 
did not take. 
afternoon we took two good prizes, 
that came from Seandaroon, bound to 
Rhodes, with honey, hemp, and oil. 
We took what we wanted out of them, 
and sunk them, prisoners and all 
together. 
‘July 3—We took a Jarge ship, 
loaded with sheep and cattle, Turkish 
property, but Greek sailors, who en- 
tered on-board us.. We then took 
what we wanted out of the prize, and 
sunk her. - , 
July 4.—We got. into Cerigo, and 
that same day we got our water on- 
board, and thirty men next morning. 
July 6.—At nine o’clock in the 
morning we sailed with a fair wind 
for Caramania; saw a large ship to 
leeward, to which we gave chace, and’ 
at six o’clock came up with her. She 
proved to be a Turkish ship from 
Alexandria to Constantinople,’ laden 
with coffee, rice, and hemp; she had 
twenty-one guns and 200 Turks on- 
board: she engaged us two hours and 
a half,—then struck; having twenty- 
three killed, and nineteen wounded. 
We had. five killed, and thirteen 
wounded. We took the prisoners on- 
board us, and sent fourteen hands 
en-board the prize, and sent her to 
Malta. 
July 7.—We put the prisoners to 
death at six o’clock in the morning. 
July 9.—We took a small galley 
which the Turks had sent out as a spy 
after us: she had eighty men and small 
arms on-board. We put all the Turks 
to death, except one man, whom we 
put on-shore, on account of his telling 
us where the Turkish fleet lay. He 
told us there were three sail of the 
line, and five frigates, besides a great 
many Xebecs, at the island of Rhodes, 
waiting for the Russians to go up the 
Arches to get behind then, 
July 10.— 
in Sicily, to try if we could get any 
eonsort a we should cruize again. 
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defence ; but, before we could board. 
At four o’clock in the’ 
We bore up for Syracuse, — 
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' July 13.—In: the afternoon got into’ 
By facie! where there were three 
Russian privateers ready for sea,— 
oné of eighteen, and two on twenty: 
guns each. 
July 14—We got'in our water and 
provisions, with every thing ready for 
sea. 
July 15.—Early in the morning 
there came into harbour two privateers 
from Trieste, and at six o’clock there 
came three privateers from Leghorn, 
which made us-nine sail. The least 
of us mounted sixteen guys, and the 
Commodore thirty-four; and now we 
thought ourselves able to attack even 
the Turkish fleet, although they had 
three sail of the line, and five frigates, 
besides a number of smaller vessels. 
July 17.—We all sailed together for 
the island of Malta. 
July 18.—We fell in with the twos 
Maltese frigates, and they went up 
with us, in hopes of mecting with the 
Turkish fleet. We cruized off the 
island of Rhodes for five days, but they 
never offered to come out. Inthe 
mean time, one of the Malta frigates 
went into the harbour’s mouth, and 
fired at them lying at anchor; butthey 
would not come out. 
July 25.—We went round the south- 
west part of the island, where we sent 
all our boats on shore, armed for stock, 
but they got only a few goats. 
July 26.—We all parted company; 
seeing that the Turkish fleet would not 
come out to fight us; some for the 
Barbary shore, some for the coast: of 
Syria, and our ship for the coast of the 
Morea. 
- July 28.—At six in the morning we 
saw a large ship close in under the 
land; after which we made sail, think- 
ing she was a Turkish frigate. We got 
every thing ready for engaging her; 
and ‘at ten o’clock’we came ‘alongside 
of her, but she proved to be a French 
frigate. He told us he was looking 
out for a pirate, that had done much 
mischief on that coast.’ 
July 29.—We spoke aVenetian 
ship, that had been chaced into Cerigo 
by the same pirate. 
July 
Cerigo, and cruaized off there for three 
days, and saw no vessel of any kind; 
whieh our captain said was from fear 
of this pirate: there was no vessel on 
the coast. 
August 3.—We saw a large ship 
close in the west side of the island, 
which we steered after; but, to our 
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