. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. y Forge. He returned to White Hillby travelling through the forest that thensurrounded Philadelphia. Having by this effort once more commandedthe attention of the authorities, he was sent tothe Raleigh at Boston, and ore September 25,1778, sailed away with two merchant ships inconvoy. Three days later he was a wandererin the unbroken forests of Maine. The little fleet got to sea early in the noon two sails were seen in the south, andCaptain Barry, after signalling the convoy tosteer close-hauled, ran down for a
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. y Forge. He returned to White Hillby travelling through the forest that thensurrounded Philadelphia. Having by this effort once more commandedthe attention of the authorities, he was sent tothe Raleigh at Boston, and ore September 25,1778, sailed away with two merchant ships inconvoy. Three days later he was a wandererin the unbroken forests of Maine. The little fleet got to sea early in the noon two sails were seen in the south, andCaptain Barry, after signalling the convoy tosteer close-hauled, ran down for a look at thestrangers. Because the wind was light it tookhim the whole of the afternoon to learn theircharacter, but at sundown he found they were THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY 191 two English frigates. At this Captain Barryordered the merchantmen back to port, clearedhis ship for action, and thereafter for forty-eight hours engaged in a game of hide-and-seek with the enemy wherein he had, now andagain, the darkness of night, the horizon, andsundry fog-banks to conceal An English Fngale of Forty an engraving by Verico. On sending the merchantmen toward portBarry took that course himself, until the dark-ness wholly enveloped the enemy, when heagain resumed his course. At dawn next dayhe found himself in a fog, and during the fore-noon nothing could be seen, but at noon thefog disappeared, and then the enemy were againseen to the south on a course parallel to Barrys. 192 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY Seeing this, Barry came up close-hauled andcrowded on all sail, while the enemy came onin like dress until 3 or 4 oclock, when anotherfog shut them from view. Then Barry headed^away eastwardly with a free wind, and ran sountil daylight on the 27th, when he furled thecanvas and let her drift under bare poles until6 oclock, while he searched the horizon forthe frigates. Having seen nothing. Captain Barry madesail, and held a course to the southeast , when he again saw th
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