^64 THE LIFE OF 



da Vciga. He returned on board very late that 

 evening, and on leaving us, invited us on board 

 his fhip the following day. One of the com^ 

 manders of a line-of-battle fhip alfo gave us aj) 

 invitation to fpend a day with him, and told the 

 Admiral that he would fend his barge for us ; this 

 gentleman was our countryman Captain Thomp- 

 fon, an officer whofe praifes need not my feeble 

 pen to enumerate them. 



Next day Captain Thompfon's boat came 

 for us, and we y/cnt immediately to the Admi- 

 ral's Ihip ; he received us with the greateft po- 

 litenefs, and having paid our refpecfts to him, we 

 made vifits, in the courfe of the forenoon, to alj. 

 the other Captains. We returned to dine with hi? 

 Excellency, and when we took leave in the even- 

 ing, he told us to look upon his fhip as our home. 

 While we remained there, he added, that for the 

 voyage he would accomimodate me, the boy^ 

 and my fervant, on board his own fhip, and that 

 he would provide a paflage for Mr. Black in 

 another of his fquadron. Captain Thompfon, 

 on learning this from us, fplicited that Mr. 

 Black might go with him, to \yhich the Adnrii-, 

 ral gave his affent. 



On board the Admiral's fhip wehad theplea- 

 fufe to meet with a countryman, Phillip Han- 

 porne, Efq. equally diflinguifhed by the ele-. 

 gance of his manners, his talents, and bis ap- 

 pearance j 



