Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

RETURN TO ENGLAND.
modore made the signal to speak to our cap¬
tain, who seemed frightened out of his wits.
When we came near him, he began with the
grossest abuse, threatening our captain, that
if ever he was out of his station again, he
would serve him as he had done the other.
This rigid discipline, however, preserved the
convoy; for though the privateer kept com¬
pany a long time, she was not so fortunate as
to meet with the reward of her perseverance.
On the 27th of October, in the evening, we
made Cape Ortegal; and on the 31st, came to
an anchor in Brest road. The Lys having so
valuable a cargo on board, was towed into the
harbour the next morning, and lashed alongside
one of their men of war. The money was soon
landed: and the officers and men, who had
been so many years absent from their native
country, were glad to get on shore. ' The
weather was extremely cold, and felt particu¬
larly so to us, who had been so long used to
hot climates; and what made it still worse,
we were very thinly clad. We had neither
fire nor candle; for they were allowed on
board of no ship in the harbour, for fear of
accidents, being close to their magazines in
the dock-yard. Some of the officers belong-