History of the Parsis : including their manners, customs, religion and present position : with coloured and other illustrations : in two volumes

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vessels then took their course towards the Brunswick. But the wind was so strong that they could not face it. At six o'clock, however, the French and English fired against each other for about half an hour, the result being that the French lost seven men who were Killed, and fifteen wounded. At night they furled up the sails and anchored. The next morning the English fleet formed up a line, five of the big ships in front, and the remaining six in the rear. The French were dismayed at the formidable array of ships, and, thinking these ships carried eighty and seventyfour guns respectively, turned back. But the English men-of-war chased for two hours. The Brunswick, as directed, continued her course, and arrived at Madagascar, a Sidi’s country, on the 22d August. Here we took provisions and water, and again set sail on the 81st August. On the 16th September we sighted the Cape of Good Hope, and at midnight we let go two of our anchors in False Bay, thirty-five fathoms deep. The wind being strong, both the cables broke, and a third one was then cast. At six o'clock on the morning of the 17th we cut the cable and went away. We entered the Table Bay river and sent a large boat to the man-of-war for a cable, but the boisterous weather swamped the boat, and we could get no cable, though we fired every moment a signal gun. The Brunswick went ashore in the river, and at nine o’clock struck the ground, and was