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and C'uuriei" armed vessels; besides a great uum- 

 ber of inerc'haiitmen, I immediately waited on 

 the admiral, \v1k» informed me, that if the wind 

 permitted, he shonld sail in the morning for Eng- 

 land; accompanied by the Snrprise, Lj'corne, and 

 Marten, and shonld take nnder his convoy all snch 

 vessels as were bonnd to England or Ireland. I 

 dined on board the Ronmey with captain Mercier 

 of the marines, and in the evening I went on shore 

 to transact my bnsiness there, bnt conld do noth- 

 ing, everybody being in hnrry and confusion. The 

 next morning, the admiral made the signal to pre- 

 pare for sailing, but the wind not serving, he 

 could not stir. I landed all my discharged serv- 

 ants, and got on board provisions and w^ater for the 

 ship. At four o'clock the following morning (the 

 sixth) the admiral made the signal to unmoor, 

 and at ten, another signal was given to w^eigh; 

 when tlie 8ur]irise, Marten, and several merchant- 

 men u<»1 (Mil of the harbour with all speed. At 

 eleven the admiral w(Mit out; we got up our an- 

 chor at two in the afternoon, and the Lycorne 

 frigate did the same immediately after. WHien 

 we got out to sea, the admiral and the body of the 

 fleet were so far ahead, that we could not distin- 

 guish his ship, nor any of the men of war, except 

 the Lycoriic; wliich by Ihat time was two miles 

 off, and going fast from us. We wci'c about two 

 leagues oD' at sunset; many vessels were tlien 

 .just got out, .-iiid We observed sevei'al otlicrs get- 

 ting under' \v;i\-; tlic inoutli of llic ]i;ii"b<>u]' bcMUg 

 open to US. That harb(jur being very narrow, a 



