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man in La Minerve, under the command of Captain (now 
Sir Jaheel) Brenton, he was taken prisoner in the gallant 
defence of that ship, when she was unfortunately, in a fog, 
run by the pilot on the western point of the stone dyke 
of Cherbourg. A commission however of Lieutenant 
had been sent out for him, by mistake, to the West-Indies ; 
which being dated previous to his capture was not can- 
celled, but forwarded to him in France; and was thus the 
means, in some degree, of alleviating the evils of captivity. 
It was in France he became acquainted with his fellow 
prisoner Captain 'Tuckey, who, on his appointment to the 
command of the Congo, requested to have his companion 
in misfortune to accompany him on a voyage, which 
held out a fair prospect of gratifying and rewarding their 
mutual talents. 
Lieutenant Hawkey was an excellent draughtsman : he 
sketched in a bold and artist-like manner; and to a ge- 
neral knowledge of natural history, he united the talent of 
painting the minuter sea and land animals, with great 
spirit and accuracy, and in an exquisite style of colouring. 
A number of specimens of this kind were found in a small 
pocket book, accompanied with some slight memoranda ; 
but his papers, containing descriptions of those sketches 
and drawings, and other remarks, in the progress up the 
river, have unfortunately been lost. He proceeded with the 
captain to the farthest point of the journey, and though 
employed in the most active manner, and exposed to the 
same weather, and the same hardships, as the rest of the 
party, he had no complaint whatever when he returned to the 
vessel, on the 17th September ; his-case was therefore some- 
what singular. He continued in good health, and without 
