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Navy on August roth. 9 "I told (General Brown) 

 that I should not visit the head of the lake unless the 

 enemy's fleet did so. ... To deprive the enemy of 

 an apology for not meeting me I have sent ashore 

 four guns from the Superior to reduce her arma 

 ment in number to an equality with the Prince Re 

 gent's, yielding the advantage of their 68-pounders. 

 The Mohawk mounts two guns less than the Prin 

 cess Charlotte, and the Montreal and Niagara are 

 equal to the Pike and Madison" He here justifies 

 his refusal to co-operate with General Brown by 

 saying that he was of only equal force with Sir 

 James, and that he has deprived the latter of "an 

 apology" for not meeting him. This last was not 

 at all true. The Mohawk and Madison were just 

 about equal to the Princess Charlotte and Niagara; 

 but the Pike was half as strong again as the Mon 

 treal; and Chauncy could very well afford to "yield 

 the advantage of their 68-pounders," when in return 

 Sir James had to yield the advantage of Chauncy's 

 long 32*5 and 42-pound carronades. The Superior 

 was a 32-pounder frigate, and, even without her four 

 extra guns, was about a fourth heavier than the 

 Prince Regent, with her 24-pounders. Sir James 

 was not acting more warily than Chauncy had acted 

 during June and July, 1813. Then he had a fleet 



9 See Niles, vii, 12, and other places (under "Chauncy" in 

 index). 



