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tributed, Into difFerent fliips of the St. Domingo 

 divifion, on arriving at a certain latitude, or 

 whenever we fhould fall in with the St, Do- 

 mingo convoy, from Cork; and this being 

 mentioned to us as the final arrangement, we 

 wrote a hurried line to a friend at Cove, beg- 

 ging him to take charge of our letters, until we 

 ihould meet at fea, or at St. Domingo. At 

 noon the infpedor general of hofpitals came on 

 board to announce to us that the Ulyfles was 

 to be, completely, fitted as an hofpital fhip, for 

 the St. Domingo army ; and to be the receiving 

 fhip of the Cork divifion, during the paffage ; 

 and, further, that we were not only to continue 

 on board, but officially, and to confider our- 

 felves on duty. Yet fcarcely had one ftiort hour 

 pafl^ed away before a difFerent arrangement 

 was made ; for, at one o'clock, it was again 

 decided that the Ulyfl^es fhould proceed to 

 Cork, and take in troops for St, Domingo ; 

 and fo completely did this feem to be fix^d> 

 that the purfer of the Trufty man of war, 

 who was going to join his fhip, put his 

 baggage on board, and fet off to Cork, by way 

 of Milford Haven, affured of meeting the 

 Ulyffes at Cove. But evening had not ar- 



