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Extracts from the Authentic and Accurate Journal of the laft Siege of Gibraltar. (Continued from page 175.)

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April 13th, 1781. HE enemy's fire flackens, now only a bout 2000 fhot and fhells a day. 27th. Upwards of 20 vellels from Mi norca, with provifions and liquors; alfo a veffel with eattle from Algiers. 30th. Enemy's gun and mortar boats fired between 2 and 300 fhot and fhells.

May 4th. Governor ordered all inhabitants to remove their timber and combuftible matter out of their houfes in town, in 24 hours. The folders ftript the houfes moft fhamefully. A man of the 58th ordered for execution for plundering. 7th. Gun and mortar boats fire 2 or 300 rounds every day. Several of the inhabitants killed and wounded. 28th. Two veffels from Leghorn and Minorca, with liquors, falt, and fruit. Two foldiers of the artificers, ordered for execution for plundering the king's ftores.29th. Laft night the Enterprize with a convoy of 15 fail went for England. The Flora and Crefcent, and two Dutch frigates paffed the Streights to the weftward. In the morning, heard repeated broadfides. 30th. A foldier of the 58th executed for plundering.

June 1. Enemy fire about 600 fhot a day. The inhabitants retire to holes and caves. 3d. Two ferjeants killed, fome men wounded. A tartan from Minorca taken, the crew got here in their boat. 9th. A prodigious explofion with burfting of fhells, and a conflagration in the enemy's camp. It is fuppofed above 1000 fhells were defroyed. Mr Cadel brought over 105 English women and children, and 36 Jews and Jewelles.

July 3d. Three foldier's wives whipped for buying ftolen goods. We difturb the enemy by firing into their camp while they are at dinner, as they do us when in our beds.

7th. This morning we difcovered a brig in the Gut, ftanding for the Bay, with light breezes at weft; fhe had two or three oars to leeward, as if to prevent her dropping to leeward. Signals were made at the towers of an energy. The gun-boats on this fallied out from Algefiras, and made towards her; when they got pretty near, fhe opened her larboard ports and fired on them, they also fired round and grape at her. A xebeck then got under way and flood for her. One or two gunboats (or prames) were towed out to protect her, the being then within a league and half of Europa. The xebeck was becalm, and could not come up; however, after two hours clofe engagement with the gunGent. Mag. May, 1785.

boats, the brig got fafe in, tho' very much fhattered. She proves to be the Helena floop of war, Lieutenant Roberts, commander, in fixteen days from Portfmouth, with difpatches: The had one man killed, and fome wounded. There were fourteen gun-boats upon her at one time, pouring grape into

her as thick as hail.

13th. A fmall fettee from Mahon taken. 17th. A fchooner came in from Faro with onions, falt and fruit. 18th. Another with the fame and fome fheep. The arrove of onions or 25lb. fells at ros. 6d. grapes 11d. per lb. an old ox, 3s. 8d. per lb. mutton and goat, 4s. 6d. per lb. veal, very fearce, 5s. 6d. per lb. Four hens fold this day at 5os. 19th. Kite cutter in 28 days from Sheernefs with difpatches. 28th. A fhell from the mortar boats fell through the hospital roof; most of the fick, &c. got out before it exploded. One unhappy man whofe thigh was broke could not ftir, the fhell fell upon his other thigh, and when it burst shook him almoft to pieces.

19th. Between nine and ten laft night a fhell fell into a house near the King's Baftion, where Majors Mercier, Vignoles, and Capt. Burke, the town-major, were fitting; it fell upon the latter's thigh, the other two ran out before it burft. The town-major was blown up to the cieling when it exploded, and foon after died. The lofs we fuftain by the death of this valuable and prorifing young officer, was regretted by every one. He was a lofs to fociety, to the garrifon, and to his country.

Laft night the Helena and Kite floops failed for England.

Captain Fowlis of the 73d, fucceeds Capt. Burke as town-major, Flying Fish ordnance cutter arrived.

O. ft. We fire 5 or 600 rounds a day.` 10th. Enfign Stevens of the 39th killed by a fhell. 22d. A heavy fire; two of the 72d deferted. 30th. A cutter taken coming in. 31. Anfon cutter and four fmall veffels from Portugal with sheep, poultry and fruit. All the fruit and onions bought by the Governor for the hofpitals. Thofe in the fourvy perfectly cured in four days by eating le

mons.

Nov. 4th. Lieutenant Frazer of the 73d loft a leg. The enemy has raised a new battery to annoy the fhips at the New Mole. 13th. Phoenix ordnance cutter from England, Brigadier General Rofs paffenger. A large cutter taken coming in. 16th. A fhell from St. Carlos fell near Picardo Vineyard, dif tance 4000 yards. A boat from Portugal with refreshments. Two Walloon deferters came in.

27th. Yefterday morning, between five and fix o'clock, general orders were given for all the troops to repair to their respective G g quarters,

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quarters, and the wine houses to be immediately fhut.

The twelfth and Hardenberg's regiments, with all the companies of grenadiers and light infantry of the garrifon, were ordered to affemble on the Red Sands, at 12 o'clock at night, where they were joined by a detachment of the royal artillery, another of the artificer's company, and about one hundred and fifty feamen; the whole compofing a body of near two thousand men, under the command of brigadier Rofs; in order to make a fortie for deftroying the enemy's advanced batteries. The men affembled with the greatest cheerfulness imaginable; the artificers being provided with materials for burning and deftroying the works. About two in the morning the whole body fallied through Landport, and pafied by Bayfide and Forbefes, towards St. Carlos. The Spanifh patroles at the gardens immediately, on difcovering our men, fired their pieces, and fled towards the lines. We took no notice of them, pushed on and ftormed St. Carlos, as well as the other new batteries. An officer and feveral Spanish foldiers were put to the fword there; one artillery officer taken, who was compelled to produce the keys of the powder magazines. We then fpiked ten mortars and eighteen pieces of cannon, which the enemy had mounted there: this done, we fet fire to the whole work, which burnt moft furiously, and the magazines blew up. Our troops then returned, in perfect order, to the garrifon, with the fmall lofs of five men killed, and twenty-one wounded. We brought in prifoners, one fub-lieutenant of the Walloon guards (Baron Helmftadt) one fub-lieutenant of artillery, and ten men.The whole business was executed within the fpace of an hour. The enemy was ftruck with fuch furprife, at this unexpected coupde-main, that we fuppofe they deferted their batteries at the lines, as there was very little fire from them during the tranfaction. This work of the enemy, thus deftroyed, has coft them immenfe labour and expence, as it was moft completely finished-it is fuppofed it muft have ftood them in fifteen millions of dollars, or 2,500,000l.

28th. About three this morning the enemy, apprehending we were making another fortie, opened all their batteries upon the Ifthmus, fhowering abundance of grape-fhot and mufketry; they beat to arms in the camp, and were all in motion, they continued their fire a long time, till a fhell was fired from one of our upper batteries upon St. Carlos, which convinced the enemy we had no troops there, on which they ceafed firing.

The governor's thanks to the troops yefterday, were as follow:

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"The bravery and conduct of the offi

"cers, feamen and foldiers, on this glorious "occafion, furpaffes my beft acknowledg"ments."

Dec. 7th. An English cutter taken coming in, alfo a fmall floop. 13th. Phoenix and Unicorn cutters, failed with all our letters for England. 19th. Two ordnance tranfports in 20 days from England. 21ft.. Major General Rofs failed for Portugal, in his way to England.

2915. Baron Helmftadt, prifoner of war, who lost a leg when St. Carlos was formed, died this morning, much regretted; he was put into a coffin, covered with black cloth, and decorated with elegant white furniture :. the corpfe, dreffed in full uniform, according to the cuftom of Spain, was conducted, with a company of grenadiers (the Gover nor and other principal officers marched in folemn proceffion, and a band of mufic playing a dirge), to the water fide at New Mole, and there put into a boat-three vollies fired over the corpfe at putting off: the corpfe was then conducted under a flag of truce to the bottom of the Bay, where a Spanish boat came to receive it.

1782, Jan. 4th. The St. Philip's Caftle, a small armed ship, from Mahon, with twenty-two Spanish prifoners; she failed to the eastward on the roth. On the 13th, two ordnance tranfports failed for England. The 16th, two cutters appeared from the weftward, but the enemy following them very clofe, they pushed to the eastward. The 17th. Antonio Juanico, a Minorcan, who came from Faro with fupplies, convicted as a spy, and ordered for execution on the 4th of February; he was afterwards refpited. 23d. The enemy repairing their destroyed batteries on the Ifthmus. We set their fafcine works in St. Carlos on fire two or three times; they foon put it out with baskets of fand. The 29th, the two cutters feen on the 16th, worked into the Bay unperceived; they had ordnance ftores on board: the Tartar cutter also arrived from Lisbon, in 3 days.

Feb. 24th, The provifions, &c. by the three cutters, fold as follow:

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17th. Early this morning repeated alarm fignals were made at the Spanish towers, with firing of guns; foon after, a cutter appeared from the weft, ftanding for the Bay, wind fresh N. W. A fmall xebeck was immediately difpatched to Cabrita, to intercept her; three gun-boats and a frigate foon followed. When the cutter got off Cabrita, a fhot was fired at her from thence; the then hoifted English colours and a pendant; feveral fhot were fired from the fame battery, but they all fell fhort-the cutter did not alter her courfe. The xebeck foon after bore down right upon her; when the got within half mufket-fhot, the cutter let fly a broadfide at the enemy, which threw her into the utmost confufion; hauled her wind, and dropt close aftern of the cutter, after making a very faint return of fire: the cutter fhot a-head, the frigate and gun-boats then flood across to cut her off, but the cutter played grape upon the latter, and fent her round fhot up to the frigate to windward, then flood between the enemy and Europa, having received two broadfides from the frigate, and three round from the gun-boats, It was a pretty fight, and must have afforded even the enemy furprise and pleasure, from the able manoeuvres of the cutter, which proves to be the Flying Fish, Capt. Anthony, with ordnance ftores, only eight days from England. The frigate and gun-boats were wafted within long-gun fhot of Europa, and fome well-directed hot fired at them from the batteries.

18th. The Governor, Captain Sheldon, from Cork, with provifions, ran on fhore under Orange Battery, faved the cargo, 20th. A Tartan from Leghorn, with wine and other articles. Four cutters failed for England. d. The Mercury, Capt. Heyington, with wines and fruit, from Litbon, came fafe to an anchor after half an hour's warm fire from a Spanish frigate. A feu de joye by the enemy for the taking of Minorca. 28th. The St. Anne, ordnance florefhip, Iondon. The enemy of late not very attentive to the blockade. 27th. The Indian King, from Leghorn, with bricks, timber, and liquors. Pretty brisk fire in the night.

March 2d. Set fire to the enemy's new battery on the weft fide of the Ifthmus, burning from five o'clock in the morning till night. A heavy fire on both fides. 4th. The Flying Fifh failed for England. 5th. A fmall veffel from Algiers with wine, &c. 10th. Lieutenant Cuppage of the artillery, wounded by a fhell from the Rock Gun.

16th. The enemy having raised a very high eraulment, near the caft angle of the northermoft garden; we have endeavoured, to very little purpose, to fet it on fire with carcaffes. Last night a xebeck, and to day a frigate,

arrived at Algefiras. When the wind fhifts to the eaft, the vessels ftationed at Cabrita are obliged to evacuate that poft, and return to Algefiras, or go to fea to cruife, during the caiterly wind; the gun-boats are alfo obliged to go into the river, on account of the fwell that runs along the Spanish fide of the Bay.

22d. Our windmill took fire by its over quick motion, and burned to the ground. 24th. The Vernon ordnance ftorefhip arrived with our gun-boats and ftores. We have been wifhing much for her arrival these three weeks paft. She was escorted to lat. 36 by the Succefs frigate, which, falling in with the Sta. Catalina, a Spanish frigate, engaged and took her, and then returned to England, leaving the Vernon to make the best of her way here alone, The Apollo and Cerberus frigates, with four tranfports, having the ninety-feventh regiment on board, as a reinforcement to the garrifon, were miftaken for enemies by the Succefs, which determined Capt. Pole to fet fire to the Sta. Catalina: the officers and crew were sent to the Orange Grove, in a cartel, the day following, having been put on board the Vernon at fea.

31. A fhell fet fire to the enemy's nearest approach, burnt rapidly fome hours, kept a very heavy fire on them while employed in extinguishing it.

April 10th.

Lieutenant Whetham, of the 12th, killed by a fhell at Landport Guard. 20th. The Antigallican in eight days from Falmouth, brings an account of a total change of miniftry. 24th. We tried one of our new gun-boats this forenoon; an 18 pounder was mounted on her afterbow, on a fliding carriage; the first and fecond hot fired horizontally, ricochet four times; the third fhot, at utmost elevation, did not ricochet, but went in a line from New Mole boom to the Saluting Battery, without the boat's being trained in the leaft.-We promife ourselves great things from thefe gun-boats, during the fummer.

May 8th. The Apollo and Cerberus frigates, 4 ftorefhips, and 3 tranfports, failed in the night. The Spaniards, next day, took the 3 tranfports. 9th. This afternoon arrived at Algefiras, from the weft, a Spanish line of battle fhip, with eight large empty ftorefhips. Their appearance is very fhabby, their rigging quite dry, and they seem to be poorly manned.

10th. A Portuguese bark, from Tetuan, cleared out for. Cadiz, with thirty thousand oranges, and a few pipes of oil, flipped in here laft night, and is come to an exceeding good market. The oranges may have coft them, at moft, fixty cobs, and they will now fell for about two thousand cobs.

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13th. The fhips that arrived at Algefiras the ninth inftant are unrigging; and thofe that came in the twenty-fourth of March have proceeded to the Orange Grove. It is reported, with fome degree of probability, that thofe fhips are lined with cork, &c. and intended to operate against this place, in the course of the fummer; we are therefore preparing to give them a fuitable reception whenever they come.

20th. Three men, of the fifty-eighth regiment, were miffing to-day from the camp, having carried off their cloaths. A party was fent up the rock, and fome boats went round the hill, in fearch of them. A long rope was found near the Sugar Loaf, from whence the deferters attempted to get down; they were all found near each other, behind the hill, dashed to pieces. Their bodies are fent for, to be expofed to public view under the gallows, where they will afterwards

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A veffel from Leghorn, with refreshments, and 12 Corficans. Spanish hofpital burned. Ninety Spanish transports, with troops and ftores, for their camp.

June 2d. Brigadier Stanton died this morning. 4th. His Majefty's birth-day, flags hoifted and falutes fired.

The enemy at work on their floating bat teries. roth. One of the Corficans ftabbed another with his knife, of which he died. The enemy boaft their floating batteries can neither be burnt or funk. 11th. A 'Spanifh fhell broke in the magazine in St. Anne's battery, and blew up, 15 men killed, as many wounded. 13th. A man of the 58th deferted from Landport-fleche. The Corfican tried and acquitted. 14th. A Spanish xebeck becalmed in the bay, our batteries and veffels fired at her, our twelve gun boats were manned, and Captain Curtis failed out with them towards the xebeck, which firing a gun for affiftance, two Spanifh gun-boats came and carried her off. It is a great pity our gun-boats did not get out a little fooner. 17th. A fmall veffel from Algiers with provifions taken by the Spaniards. Beef would have fold for eight reals the pound, and mutton for ten. 18th. Eightythree Spanish thips with troops arrived. 21ft. Two men in a boat from the oppofite fide of the bay; they had been lately taken in a

fmall fettee, and brought the first news of Rodney's victory in the Weft Indies.

July 3d. The enemy now forming a roof over their floating batteries at Algefiras, to be fhot and fhell proof. 8th. The enemy boarded a brig coming from the Westward, and carried her into Algefiras. 12th. Four men of the Prames deferted in a boat; a ferjeant of the 72d miffing.

13th. One of the 58th deferted from the Queen's Lines by help of a rope. One of the 73d fent to the prifon fhip as a falte prophet, having declared about feven weeks ago, that in fix weeks, fix days and fix hours the place would be taken, and the Governor killed. The ferjeant of the 72d taken behind the hill; after having got half way · down, he was ftopped by a precipice. 17th. The Duc de Crillon took the command of the enemy, their cruifers extremely alert: we conjecture our fleet is on the way. 24th. Serjeant Lowe of the 72d hanged for defertion. 25th. Two floops of war arrived in a haze with a guft of wind from the eaft, with provifions, liquors and 72 Corficans; confirmed Rodney's victory; fired all our guns, and gave three cheers, and a feu de joye. 26th. A fmall boat from Faro.

16th. An epidemic diforder begins to prevail in the garrifon; fome call it influenza, others catarrh, and moft people a cold: it is of short duration, and resembles a cold, attended with a heavy pain in the head.

Last night the enemy executed a moft extenfive work, unperceived by us till this morning: they have made a covered way or line, about ten feet high, and extending eaft to weft for about two thoufand yards: it is fuppofed not lefs than ten thoufard men were employed on it: they had not above fix hours darknefs to accomplish it in; that is, from the fetting of the moon, at ten o'clock, tilí day-light.

18th. To-day feven barges, with crimfon awnings, proceeded, about 11 o'clock, from Algefiras, to the pier near Orange Grove, attended by twelve gun-boats; about half an hour after their arrival, they put off in the fame order; upon which the line of battle fhips there immediately dreffed out with a variety of flags; and faluted the boats with twenty-one guns; the gun-boats alfo fired, as did all the hips at Algefiras, feve ral of which were likewife dreffed. A frigate then got under way, and went to vifit the barge half-way over, when the gave a falute of twenty-one guns, the boats firing alternately. When the barge got to Algefiras road, another falute was given. They went on board one of the floating-batteries, which was hauled out for that purpofe; feveral guns were fired from her, while the visitors were on board. They afterwards

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Callection of Voyages and Travels. The Voyage of Captain Cook round the World.

(Continued from page 188.)

AIYOTA, on recovering from his

Tfright, produced a fifh, and informed Tupia that he intended to offer it to his Eatua or God, in gratitude for his happy efcape; this being approved of by the other Indian, the fish was caft into the fea.Captain Cook now paffed by a fmall ifland which was fuppofed to be inhabited only by fishermen, as it seemed to be barren, and Bare Ifland was the name given to it, and to a head-land in latitude 40° 34' fouth, and longitude 182° 55' weft, because the Endeavour turned, he gave it the name of Cape Turnagain. It was never certainly known whether New Zealand was an ifland before this veffel touched there: On this account, the lords of the admiralty had inftructed Captain Cook to fail along the coafts as far as 40 degrees fouth, and if the land extended farther, to return to the north ward again. It was for this reafon that the captain altered his course, when he arrived at the Cape abovementioned: The wind having likewife veered about to the fouth, he returned, failing along the coaft nearly in his former track. Between this and Cape Kidnappers Pay, the land is unequal, and fomewhat refembles our downs and fmall villages, and many inhabitants were obferved. The hip came abreaft of a peninsula, in Portland Ifland, named Terakaku, on Wednefday the 19th. At this time a canoe with five Indians came up to the veffel. There were two chiefs among them who came on board, and ftaid all night. One of thefe was a very comely perfen, and had an open and agreeable countenance. They were extremely grateful for the prefents which they received, and difplayed no fmall degree of curiofity. They would not eat or drink, but the fervants devoured the victuals fet before them with a most voracious ap petite.

They gave the name of Gable End Foreland to a remarkable head-land, which they paffed on the 19th. Three canoes appear ed here, and one Indian came on board, to whom they gave small presents before he withdrew.

Several of thefe Indians wore pieces of green-ftone round their necks which were transparent, and resembled an emerald.

Thefe being examined, appeared to be a fpecies of the Nephritic flone. Several pieces of it were procured by Mr. Banks, and it appeared that this furnished the islanders with their principal ornaments. The form of fome of their faces was agreeable, and their noses were rather prominent than flat. Their dialect was not fo guttural as that of the others, and they spoke like the people of the island of Otaheite. Having anchored in a bay about two leagues to the northward of the foreland, two chiefs came on board here, and the natives invited them

afore The chiefs received prefents of

linen, but they did not feem to value fpikenails fo much as the inhabitants of the other iflands. They were dreffed in jackets, the one ornamented with tufts of red feathers, the other with dog's-fkin. The natives received Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander courteoufly on fhore; where they did not appear in numerous bodies. In the course of their journey round the bay, fresh water was found. All night they remained on shore, and the next day the Doctor and Mr. Banks discovered feveral plants and inany beautiful birds, among which were large pigeons and quails. Many flages for the purpose of drying tifh were obferved near the place where the gentlemen landed, and some houfes with fences were feen. Some dogs were remarked on the island, which had pointed ears, and were very ugly. Sweet potatoes, like those of North America were found here; and the cloth-plant grew fpcntaneous. The lands in the neighbouring valleys were laid out in regular plantations. In the bay there is plenty of crabs, crayfith, and horfe-mackarel, larger than those upon our coafts. The woods were almoft inpaffable on account of the number of fupple jacks (as they are called) which grow there. As to the flat lands, they were planted with cocoas, as the hollow parts were with gourds. The Doctor and Mr. Banks vifited feveral of the natives houses, and they met with a very civil reception. Fish conftituted their principal food at this time; and a root of a fort of fern ferved them for bread, which, when roafted upon a fire, and divested of its bark, was sweet and clammy in tafte not difagreeable, but unpleasant from its number of fibres. Ve getables were, doubtlefs, at other feafons very plentiful. The women painted their faces red, which fo far from increafing, diminifhed the very little beauty they had.--The men's faces were not in general painted, but rubbed over with red ochre from head to foot, their apparel not excepted. Tho' they could not be compared to the inhabi tants of Otaheite for cleanliness in general, they furpaffed them in this refpect in fome particulars. Every dwelling was fupplic

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