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lain of the Centurion, whose exaggerations in many instances 
have been proved by the accounts given of the places he visited 
by other navigators, and as he was evidently disposed to give the 
expedition as much eclat as possible, it may naturally be sup- 
posed that he has taken good care not t© fall short in his calcula¬ 
tions. 
Lord Anson was compelled to destroy every vessel he took, 
because they were miserably wretched barks, unable to navigate 
even this mild and pacific ocean, as well as because he had not 
men to navigate them. On leaving the coast he had no trophies 
of his success to exhibit. 
The case with us is different, as the list of prize-ships now in 
company will show. 
They are as follows, viz : 
Essex Junior 
351 
tons 
20 
guns 
Greenwich 
338 
do. 
20 
do. 
Seringapatam 
357 
do. 
22 
do. 
New Zealander 
259 
do. 
10 
do. 
Sir Andrew Hammond 
301 
do. 
10 
do. 
• ships have been dispatched for 
America 
l, to 
i wit: 
Georgiana 
Policy 
And three ships have been safely moored under the batteries 
of Valparaiso, to wit: 
Montezuma 
Catharine 
Hector 
All these vessels are copper sheathed and fastened, and in a 
state to proceed to the most distant part of the world, some of 
them remarkably fast sailers^ and all superior ships. 
