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parted from the fleet in the bay of Bifcay^ 

 another off Portugal, a third off the coaft 

 of Africa, and others in different latitudes. 

 Some fuppofe the convoy to have put in-t 

 to Lifbon, feme fay Gibraltar, and others 

 various other ports. All is ftill enveloped In 

 a cloud of uncertainty ; nor are we without 

 our fufpicions that the fleet may yet be nearer 

 to you than it is to Barbadoes, and, indeed, 

 this would fcem probable from the extraordi- 

 nary delay of the packets, not one having ar- 

 rived fmce we came into harbour. Amidft all 

 our apprehenfions we ftill hope, and {till, in 

 daily expedation, look for their arrival. 



One veflelhas at length reached Barbadoes, 

 which failed fubfequent to ourfelves. It is a 

 Glaigow trader, and although from a remote 

 port, you will judge what multitudes thronged 

 on board, as foon as fhe entered the harbour, to 

 afl^ for news. She brings papers of January, and 

 we are much gratified to learn that the admiral 

 had written to England, fo late as the fourth 

 of that month, faying that he had, then, with 

 him one hundred and eleven fail ; but we are 

 forry to find that a part of the convoy had been 

 ^igain compelled to put back, and vv^e read, 



