28 COAST OF EGYPT. 
CHAP, following morning, being the first o^ August, at 
t '_ ; fipvpn A. TVT weighed, and made sail. At four 
Arrival at p. M. saw the fleet ofl" Aboukir, and plainly- 
observed the Admiral's ship. The same even- 
ing, at eight o'clock, we came to anchor nearly 
in the station held by the Romulus previous to 
her sailing for the coast of Syria. Here we re- 
ceived the joyful intelligence of the surrender of 
Cairo, reports of which had reached us in Syria. 
Presently after. Captain Clarke came alongside, 
in the Braakefs barge ; when, taking leave of 
our kind friends, we regained once more a com- 
fortable birth within his cabin. 
We had not been here many days, before 
The Bra a. tlic Braakcl reccivcd orders from the Admiral, 
kel receives i n / • 
orders to Lord Keith, to convoy the French prisoners 
^ur/ron captured at Rachmanie and the different forts 
^Kiiies.' upon the Nile, including the garrison of Cairo, to 
Marseilles; and, at the same time, to take in, with 
as many of those prisoners as possible, their 
artillery, arms, baggage, &c. and to sail with all 
possible expedition. So rapid were the measures 
adopted by Captain Clarke for this purpose, that 
he was ready before any of the other vessels 
appointed to convey the prisoners had obtained 
their cargo; and, making the signal for sailing 
to all the convoy, he was ordered to proceed on 
