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his Majefl-y's ConfuUGeneral for Morocco, and 

 with him we fpenc that day. 



Lieutenant Down, being very apprehenfive 

 that the Dorothea might fail from Gibraltar 

 up the Mediterranean, determined, (for what 

 will not Britifh feamen do?j to leave the flock 

 he had purchafed, and proceed next morning 

 at day-break in his yawl for Gibraltar. I fo- 

 licited his leave to accompany him, which he 

 granted ; but as we were preparing to depart, 

 we perceived his Majefty's fhip El Corf o^ with a 

 French privateer, her prize, which had arrived 

 during the night. I immediatly fuggefted to 

 Lieutenant Down, that it might accommodate 

 the Commander of El Corfoy and 'perfedly 

 anfwer our purpofe, fliould we offer to take 

 charge of the prize and carry her to Gibraltar. 

 The Lieutenant approved my plan, and inflant- 

 Jy propofed it to the Commander of El Cor~ 

 fo^ who was much pleafed to have the means 

 of fending his prize into port without weak- 

 ening his fliip, and readily complied with our 

 rcquefl. She was therefore delivered over to 

 Lieutenant Down, with only four men be- 

 longing to EI Corfo. Thefe, with the Purfer, the 

 nephew of the Vice-Conful, the boat's crew, 

 and myfclf, made up the whole of his ftrength ; 

 Vr'e failed with a brifk wefterly breeze, and in 

 a very it\N hours we reached the Rock, juft as 



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