160 FORTEll'S JOURNAL. 



found among those islands, which are perhaps the most 

 barren and desolate of any known. 



While among this group, I captured the following Bri- 

 tish ships, employed chiefly in the spermaceti whale fish- 

 ery, viz : 



LETTERS OP MARQUE. 





tons. 



men. 



guns. 



pierced 











for 





Q7n 

 ^ / u 



Zl 





Policy, - - 

 Georgiana. 



175 



26 



10 



. 18 



- 280 



25 



6 



18 



Greenwich, 



- 338 



25 



10 



20 



Atlantic, 



355 



24 



8 



20 



Rose, - - - 



- 220 



21 



8 



20 



Hector, - - - 



- 270 



25 



11 



20 



Catharine, 



- 270 



29 



8 



18 



Seringapatam, - 



- 357 



31 



14 



26 



Charlton, 



- 274 



21 



10 



18 



New Zealander, 



- 259 



23 



8 



18 



Sir A, Hammond, - 



- 301 



31 



12 



18 





3369 



302 



107 





As some of those ships were captured by boats, and 

 others by prizes, my ofiicers and men had several opportu- 

 nities of showing their gallantry. 



The Rose and Charlton were given up to the prisoners : 

 the Hector, Catharine, and Montezuma, I sent to Valpa- 

 raiso, where they were laid up. The Policy, Georgiana, 

 and New Zealander, I sent for America ; the Greenwich 

 1 kept as a store ship, to contain the stores of my other 

 prizes, necessary for us ; and the Atlantic, now called the 

 Essex Junior, 1 equipped with twenty guns, and gave the 

 command of her to lieutenant Downes. 



Lieutenant Downes had convoyed the prizes to Valpa- 

 raiso, and on his return, brought letters, informing me 

 that a squadron under the command of Commodore James 

 Hillyar, consisting of the frigate Phoebe of thirty-six guns, 

 had sailed on the 6th July for this sea. — The Racoon and 

 Cherub had been seeking me for some time on the coast of 

 Brazil, and on their return from their cruise, joined the 



