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navy, as the embkoi of our nation's glory. 

 No part of it efcaped my eye. I regarded 

 each fpot with all the enthufiaftic veneration 

 of a Briton, proud of his country's greatnefs, 

 and of the fplendid and heroic atchievements 

 of its defenders. 



The Tigre, fhip of war, lately taken from 

 the French, by Lord Bridport, being in dock, 

 we had the opportunity of going on board, 

 to witnefs the injuries (tie had fuftained from 

 the thunderbolts of Britain. Her fhattered 

 condition befpake, in ftrong expreffion, the 

 terrible efiefts of a clofe fought adion at fea, 

 Yet were we told that all fhe had fufFered 

 was trivial, compared to what is feen, in many 

 velTels, after a battle. If fo, it is equally mat? 

 ter of furprife that fuch veflels fhould be kept 

 afloat, as that any (lipuld ever have been con- 

 ftrudled capable of withftanding the deftruc-? 

 tive batteries now brought againft them. 



WhUe examining the many wounds of 

 the Tigre^ my mind callid up, in vivid affocia- 

 tion, the late noble retreat made by our gallant 

 admiral Cornwailis, wiiich I have always 



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