3cxxvi INTRODUCTION. 
fel was fo fhattered, that ilie was foon obliged 
to put about and to anchor with dlfgrace un-* 
der the battery that had fired upon her. In 
fliort, this expedition, the fijccefs of which 
was the efFed almoft of a moment, proved 
fo much the more honourable to the hero 
who conduded It, as the velTel, in reality, was 
a fmuggler ; and, being judged a legal prize, 
was fold, I believe, for the benefit of the 
company. For fome time nothing was talked 
of at the Cape but Staaring's intrepidity. 
But his private affairs requiring his prefence 
in Holland, he had recently departed with his 
wife ; and, to avoid being attacked by the 
Englifh, took his pafTage on board a Danlfii 
flilp that was bound to Copenhagen. 
The adventure at the Cape had reached 
the court of Denmark ; but the circumftances 
of the capture were not diftlndly known ; 
and Staarlng had to fear that, if the court 
fhould hear of his arrival, he might be arrefted, 
and 
