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by the gale of the two preceding days. We 
found that the St. Vincent, three-decker, had 
parted from her moorings, and was aground 
at the upper end of the harbour; but it was 
expected that she would be got off again 
without much damage. A brig, of between 
one and two hundred tons, was driven on 
shore near the custom-house, and was lying- 
on her beam-ends, and a smaller vessel was 
aground near her. The boats and small 
craft in the harbour had also suffered a great 
deal, and the large stones on the wharf near 
the Nix Mangiare Stairs had been torn up 
in an extraordinary manner. In the after¬ 
noon we walked to St. Julian’s Bay, where 
we found that a large mass of rock, several 
tons in weight, round which we used to find 
the trochus maryaritaceus , had been turned 
over and washed up much higher on the 
beach. During these gales the light spray 
