216 WOUNDS. 



the " Cyane," after the action with the 

 French frigate in the Bay of Naples, 

 having so many men wounded, as well 

 as the Captain, the surgeon of the ship 

 required assistance; consequently, a signal 

 was made to " FEspoir," a small brig in 

 company, to send their doctor on board, 

 which they speedily did in the person 

 I have already described ; he was then 

 only assistant-surgeon, or doctor's mate, 

 as small vessels are not allowed a full 

 surgeon ; indeed, that was a degree, I 

 believe, our friend never attained, how- 

 ever his abilities may have deserved it. 



On his coming on board, his attention 

 was drawn by his superior to the Captain, 

 who lay in his cot in the cabin, with his 

 shoulder dreadfully smashed, to all appear- 

 ance suffering the greatest agony, and 

 drifting fast into the vast and fathomless 

 ocean of eternity. 



After examining the fracture with as 



