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Vangeiiep was the only captain who, upon 
our arrival in the bay, above all things, fe- 
rioufly began to make fuch preparations as 
were indifpenfably neceflary for executing 
with rigor the general orders given to all. 
We had fluffed every part of our velTel with 
tow dipped in oil, with fagots, pitch, and 
combuftible fubftances of every kind. His 
brother captains were therefore the lefs par- 
donable, as their remaining three months idle 
in this bay had afforded them fufficient leifure 
to be prepared. We arrived here on the nth 
of May ; and it was about the middle of 
Augufl when this difafler happened. 
The officers and failors belonging to our 
fliips, who had run to the town in a tumul- 
tuous manner, foon fpread the news of our 
misfortune. The fifcal, not feeing me re- 
turn with the refl, and hearing no news of 
me, made every poffible enquiry, and at 
length difcovered the retreat I had chofen. 
In a little time after he paid me a vifit ; and 
I fincerely regretted that I had fo foon lofl 
the confidence with which he had infpired 
me. I gave him an account of the difmal 
fituation to which I was reduced by the 
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