CHARLES WATERTON, ESQ. Ixv 
On the following morning, when we had got up 
our anchor, Captain Peake came. alongside of the 
Fame, and invited me to stay with him on board the 
Peacock, until we should reach Barbadoes; adding 
that, when he had got all the fleet fairly under weigh, 
he would not fail to.send his boat for me. 
This, unfortunately, was our last interview. By 
eleven o'clock it blew a gale of wind ; and, as the Fame 
made a poor hand of it when.close hauled, we drifted 
bodily to leeward, lost sight of the fleet in the even- 
ing, and at last barely managed to fetch Grenada, 
in lieu of making Barbadoes. In the mean time, 
Captain Peake, having brought his fleet to an anchor 
in Carlisle Bay, returned to the coast of Guiana, 
where he fell.in with an American man-of-war. She 
was his superior in men and guns, but not in valour, 
for our brave captain fought: her to the last ; and he 
was cut in two by a cannon ball, j just at the time 
that his own: vessel went down. > “He was held in 
great esteem by the colonists ; and I have heard 
that. they raised a monument to his memory in the 
church at Stabroek.) | 
_ The voyage to Europe did thot recruit my health. 
When I had landed in, Liverpool, Iwas unable to 
proceed to London with’ the despatches ; so I sent 
them by the mail, and wrote a letter of apology to 
Lord Bathurst. His lordshipreturned a very kind 
answer, and requested that I would repair to London 
when I had got better of the tertian ague, as he 
wished me to explore Madagascar. 
When I had rallied a little, I proceeded to Lon- 
don, and waited on him. He told me that I should 
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