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tion this feat elicited from both officers and 

 men, announced to their astonished minds 

 that an Englishman was not to be beaten 

 at that or any other game. 



After three weeks' stay at this hospitable 

 port, during which time we were employed 

 in refitting our rigging and replenishing the 

 water-casks, we set sail some time in Sep- 

 tember the other three men-of-war and 

 convoy in company for our ultimate desti- 

 nation. 



We had not much expectation of Ad- 

 miral Hartsinck's following us, though we 

 always kept a sharp look-out night and 

 day, but we saw nothing of him or his 

 squadron. We were stationed in the rear 

 of the convoy, to give timely notice of the 

 approach of an enemy, as well as to whip 

 up and cover the stragglers; when one 

 night, observing what we took to be a 

 large ship on our larboard quarter, and 

 not being able to make her out, we piped 

 all hands to quarters, and cleared ship 



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