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Ings regarding her, that it would have been a 

 great relief to us to have heard that fhe w^as in 

 the enemy's pofleffion. She had failed with 

 us 6a the 9th of December, and was the laft 

 fhip we had fpoken in the European feas, 

 which was on the 4th of January, and on the 

 loth of February our (hip reached Carllfle bay; 

 hence from our having been five weeks in har- 

 bour without hearing of her, fcarcely a hope re- 

 mained of ever feeing her again. Nor were our 

 apprehenfions far from being realized, for on 

 the 7th of January,only three daysafter wehad 

 hailed her, fhe fprung a leak, and during twen- 

 ty fucceeding days, was only kept from fink- 

 ing by the perfevering toil and exertions of the 

 Ihip's company and the paffengers, allof whom 

 took their regular watch at the pumps, for fix 

 or eight hours each day. "With great difficul- 

 ty fhe was kept afloat : daily their peril ir^- 

 creafed, and, for nearly three weeks, they had 

 only the melancholy profped of going to the 

 bottom, before they could poffibly make any 

 port. Almoft exhaufted with fatigue and 

 apprehenfion, the hope of being faved had 

 nearly abandoned them, w^hen, fortunatelyj 

 jhey made one of the Canary Iflauds, 



