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This is considerably less than James makes it, as 

 he includes all the schooners, which were abandoned 

 as cruisers, and only used as transports or gunboats. 

 Similarly Sir James had a large number of gun 

 boats, which are not included in his cruising force. 

 James thus makes Chauncy's force 2,321 men, and 

 a broadside of 4,188 Ibs. 



YEO'S SQUADRON. 

 Name. Rig. Tonnage. Crew. 



frutce Regent, ship, 1,450 485 



3*5 



300 

 110 



no 



100 



80 



8 vessels, 



4,756 1,620 2,874 



209 guns. 



This tallies pretty well with James' statement, 

 which (on p. 488) is 1,517 men, and a broadside 

 of 2,752 Ibs. But there are very probably errors 

 as regards the armaments of the small brigs, which 

 were continually changed. At any rate the Ameri 

 can fleet was certainly the stronger, about in the 

 proportion of six to five. The disproportion was 

 enough to justify Sir James in his determination 

 not to hazard a battle, although the odds were cer- 



