52 CUllA^OA. 



and that, giving way to their joy, all classes 

 joined in festivity till a late hour. Pre- 

 suming on this, at daybreak on the morning 

 of new-year s-day, he dashed into the har- 

 bour and soon silenced a frigate of the 

 enemy lying there, and stopped the fire of 

 the batteries, except one on the heights: 

 he then landed and surprised the governor 

 in his bed : all was consternation on the 

 one side, and promptitude on the other; 

 and in less than an hour from the com- 

 mencement of the attack. Sir Charles Bris- 

 bane was master of the island. 



Here the Dutch schooner left us, and we 

 steered away to the N.W"., coasting along 

 the island, the surface of whi^h seemed 

 generally to be very unequal. 



In the afternoon we perceived high land 

 through the haze, and hauled up for it, 

 wishing to make a point about fifty miles to 



