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dismounted, she struck her colors at two minutes 

 past two, twenty-two minutes after the first gun 

 was fired. Of the Hornet's 150 men, 8 were absent 

 in a prize. By actual measurement she was two 

 feet longer and slightly narrower than her antago 

 nist. Her loss was chiefly caused by musketry, 

 amounting to i marine killed, i seaman mortally, 

 Lieutenant Conner very severely, and Captain Bid- 

 die and 7 seamen slightly, wounded. Not a round 



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shot struck the hull, nor was a mast or spar mate 

 rially injured, but the rigging and sails were a good 

 deal cut, especially about the fore and main top 

 gallant masts. The Hornet's crew had been suffer 

 ing much from sickness, and 9 of the men were un 

 able to be at quarters, thus reducing the vessels to 

 an exact equality. Counting in these men, and 

 excluding the 8 absent in a prize, we get as 



