The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . sight, and soon left them. Wethen kept ourselves in constant preparation till my arrival here;and indeed it had been very requisite, for we have been in con-stant brushes ever since. The day after we left the (French)fleet we were chased till night by two frigates whom we lostsight of when it was dark. The next morning off Cape in the latitude of Cadiz, were chased by a French lateen-rigged vessel apparently of 10 or 12 guns, one of them an18-pounder. We brought to, for his metal was too heav
The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . sight, and soon left them. Wethen kept ourselves in constant preparation till my arrival here;and indeed it had been very requisite, for we have been in con-stant brushes ever since. The day after we left the (French)fleet we were chased till night by two frigates whom we lostsight of when it was dark. The next morning off Cape in the latitude of Cadiz, were chased by a French lateen-rigged vessel apparently of 10 or 12 guns, one of them an18-pounder. We brought to, for his metal was too heavy forours, and his position was to windward, where he lay just in asituation to cast his shot over us, and it was not in my powerto put him off. We of course bore away, and saluted him withour long nines. He continued in chase till dark and when wewere nearly by Cadiz, at sunset, he made a signal to his consort,a large lugger whom we had just discovered ahead. Having astrong breeze I was determined to pass my stern over him ifhe did not make way for me. He thought prudent so to do. 220. Elias Hasket Derby and his Times At midnight we made the lights in Cadiz city but found noEnglish fleet. After laying to till daybreak, concluded that theFrench must have gained the ascendency in Cadiz and thoughtprudent to proceed to this place where we arrived at 12 oclock,popping at Frenchmen all the forenoon. At 10 off AlgecirasPoint were seriously attacked by a large latineer who had onboard more than 100 men. He came so near our broadside asto allow our six-pound grape to do execution handsomely. Wethen bore away and gave him our stern guns in a cool anddeliberate manner, doing apparently great execution. Ourbars having cut his sails considerably he was thrown into con-fusion, struck both his ensign and his pennant. I was thenpuzzled to know what to do with so many men; our ship wasrunning large with all her steering sails out, so that we couldnot immediately bring her to the wind and
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