at night we armed both boats and sent them out for to lay wait for her when she should come out; and about 11 o'clock at night, this vessel to her misfortune got under way, and was going out, which our boats fell in with her and killed all hands on board, only two boys which we put on shore at Thenoa.

May the 2d, there came on board us twenty-three sailors, which make our compliment two hundred and fifteen all together, which we were now ready to go a cruizing.

In the afternoon the captain came on board and ordered all hands aft, and read his commission, which was, that we were going out against the Turks, and as they are a cruel enemy, that we must stand true to our colours, and that we must neither give nor take quarters, but burn and destroy all that came in our way, and the more we took the more we should have for ourselves, besides doing so much good for the Russian empress, which all hands gave three cheers and said there was no fear. At night we sailed for the Archipelago, had a fair wind all night and blowing fresh; about 4 o'clock in the morning the long boat broke loose from the stern at the island of Milo, when we went in, came to an anchor, hoisted the cutter and sent her after the long boat, and a short time after brought her alongside; but she had lost her arms and every thing she had in.

May 3d, we sailed, and a Venetian ship bound for Smyrna; we overhauled her and let her go. May the 4th, we seen a ship which we gave chace to, at 5 o'clock got alongside of her; she proved to be a Turkish cruizer of fourteen guns, and after engageing her half an hour she struck, which we put the prisoners to death, in number one hundred and seventy

three, took the best of every thing out of the ship and sunk her. May the 5th, seen a small vessel from the mast head, and it being calm we armed the long boat and sent her after her, which she took and brought her alongside; she proved to be a Turk loaded with wine and brandy; we put the prisoners to death, and took that wine and brandy out of her we wanted, and set her on fire. Ia the mean time there was another coming round the island, which our long boat boarded without any defence; by this time we got under way with the ship, went out and spoke this vessel; she proved to be a good prize, loaded with cotton, silk, and honey. In the afternoon it came on to blow and rain. At ten o'clock we lost sight of our prize it was so dark, which caused us to fire several guns, and had lights up all night, but to no purpose, for they never seen or heard from us. The next morning went to look for our prize, but nothing we could see or hear of her, which troubled our captain, as we thought the prisoners had retaken their vessel and killed all our people, as they were five to one on board. Next morning we stood in for a small island belonging to the Greeks, which all hands went on shore and plundered them of every thing they had in the island; the same day we spoke a fishing boat, but could give no intelligence of our prize.

May the 8th, we heard they were prisoners on the island of Hedrao, where the vessel belonged to, which so enraged our captain that he would have them out, or should put every man, woman, and child to death.

On the 9th we sailed for the same place, but in the afternoon it came on calm; all that night and the next morning it came a little wind right

against us; we seen a sail which we gave chace to and soon got alongside of her, she proved to be a privateer belonging to Tunis, which engaged us one hour and struck; we took all the prisoners on board of us, in number one hundred and twenty-five, and after examining them, one of them told our captain that they would have struck sooner, only they expected us to board them and they would blow the ship up, which our captain ordered them all on board their own ship again, only the man that told us what they intended to do; after they were all on board we took some of their small arms, and made this man we kept on board go and set the ship on fire, people and all together, which was a dreadful sight for to see; the man we forgave and put him on shore on one of the Greek islands. At ten o'clock at night the wind came in our favour, and the 12th May we got into Hedrao, and fired several guns into the town, which knocked down some of the houses and killed several of the people; the governor came off to us to know what was the reason we behaved in this manner, which our captain made answer, that if he did not deliver his people up and the vessel that he took, he would put every one in the place to death, which the governor made answer, that he never seen or heard of her since the day she sailed from thence; the governor went on shore and sent off to us in provisions and money 500 sequins (2501.) all together; that night we sailed, and next morning spoke a French brig, who told us our prize was gone down to Cerigo, then we steered for that place. Next day we took a small vessel with Cyprus wine, which we took what we wanted out <f her and sunk the vessel; the Turks

we put to death on board of our own ship, in number fifteen.

May 15th, we got in and found our prize there and another they had taken going down, but we could not make a prize of her as she belonged to some Greeks merchants; we took all the silk and cotton, and most of the honey out of our prizes, and got ten six-pounders off the shore and put them on board the prize and sixty hands, and fitted her as a tender to go along with us on account that she sailed well. We stopped two days getting every thing ready for sea again.

May 19th, we sailed for the Arches. That same day we saw seven sails, which we gave chace to, and soon came up with them; they proved to be prizes to a Russian privateer bound to Trieste, under her own convoy, and all richly laden.

The 20th it blew fresh; no sail seen that day. Next day we anchored in Theano, where they were very glad for to see us come in, as there was a Turkish galley on the other side of the island going to plunder them. In the night at one o'clock we sent the tender after her, and at three in the morning she took her without the least defence; she had on board 85 hands, which we took on board us and confined them in the hold until next day, then they were called up one by one, and had their heads cut off in the same manner as we cut off ducks heads at home, and then we threw them overboard; and this being the first time, we were obliged to take it by turns to put them to death. The Englishmen when they were called for at first refused it, but as the captain told them they were cowards, or people that were afraid of their ene mies, he could not believe that they

were Englishmen; then they went and did the same as the rest, and afterwards was worse than themselves, for they would always be first when such work was going on, and at last got quite used to it; for some time we had three or four of a day to put to death for one man's share.

The 23d we sailed for Accoaa, and at night got in and moored. Next day we got some of the ballast out, and water to lighten the ship to give her a clean bottom, as she was very dirty. The 24th we got the ship to rights and took the ballast and water in; the same afternoon our tender brought in a good prize, loaded with honey, soap, and tobacco, which we sent down to Malta,

The 25th we got every thing ready for sea; about four o'clock in the afternoon in the offing, which we took to be a Turkish man of war; we slipped our cables and went out after her, and got every thing ready for engageing her. As we came with in gun-shot of her we fired a gun, which she did the same, and hoisted her colours; she was a French frigate looking out for pirates, as there is so many about. He sent his boat on board us for to know where we fitted out and of what we was doing there; but our captain would only tell him that he was a Russian cruizer, and that his commission was as good as his, when the French captain told us to mind what we was about, and bid us good bye, when he stood out for sea and we into harbour for our anchors and cables.

May 26th, we sailed; in the after. noon fell in with the French frigate again, but said nothing to us.

The 27th being little wind, we seen no sail that day. May 28th, we saw five fishing boats, which our tender went and spoke; they were Greeks,

but could give us no account of any Turks.

The 30th, boarded a French ship from Smyrna bound to Algiers, with Turks passengers on board, which we took their goods from them and let them go. The 31st we came to an anchor in the island of Cashaw, and plundered it of every thing we could get, besides burning the town and all the vessels in the place.

June the 2d, we sailed for the island of Parris, which we plundered of a deal of silk, and burnt the Turk. ish governor's palace and a new fri gate on the stocks, besides 20 Turks that had no time to make their escape. The 3d we sailed, but seen no sail that day. The 4th June, we spoke a Ragusa polacca, that told us there was a Turkish xebec in Scandarson bound to Smyrna, with money to pay the soldiers, besides coffee and rice, and would sail the first fair wind, which our captain thanked him, and bid him a good voyage. Then we hauled up for the north end of Cyprus, where we knew they must pass by; and on the 7th we saw her and gave chace, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon we got alongside her, which she engaged us an hour and half and then struck. She had on board 24 guns and 250 men, which we took all the prisoners on board of us and sent the prize down to Malta; now our ship's company was but sixtyfive in all.

Next day at 2 o'clock we put all the prisoners to death. We fell in with several merchant vessels of all nations, which we took out of them as made our ship's company one hundred and fifteen, so that we were ready for a fresh cruize. June 12th, we spoke a Venetian ship that came from Jaffa bound to Constantinople, which told us there was a Turkish

vessel had some from there bound for Rhodes, loaded with coffee and rice, had twelve guns and sixty men on board; that same day at 4 o'clock in the afternoon we were alongside of her, she engaged us half an hour and then struck; we took all the prisoners on board of us, and sent the prize down to Leghorn. June 13th, we put all the prisoners to death; at 6 o'clock in the afternoon we saw a sail to leeward, which we gave chace to and soon came up with her; she was a Greek ship loaded with wood for the Turks, which we took the men out of her and set her on fire, so then we steered for Syria.

We had not sailed above three leagues before the man at the mast head see two vessels at an anchor, which our tender went in and spoke them; they were Turks, one had three bales of silk and nine bales of turbans in, the other had nothing but ballast ; we took the silk and turbans, put the people on shore and set the vessel on fire. Next morning we seen three more at an anchor, we went in after them; they were Turk ish ships loading for Alexandria, which we took all the prisoners on board and burnt their ships; at four o'clock in the afternoon we put all the prisoners to death. June 15th, it came on to blow fresh with the wind to the eastward. At 2 o'clock we seen a ship coming down before the wind, which we hove to for; she was a Greek ship which we let go.

Then we steered in for Castle R. and hoisted Venetian colours, where there was a large town without any appearance of guns about it. As soon as we came within gun-shot of the place we fired in amongst the houses, and hauled down the Venetian colours and hoisted Russian colours, and all hands went on shore

and plundered them of every thing they had, besides burning one half the town and killing all the Turks that did not get away; as for the plunder we had, no one can tell, as there was a deal of gold and silver that we took out of their churches, such as images and candlesticks. June 16th, we went out and spoke a French brig from Smyrna bound to Marsella, loaded with wool and hemp. Next morning we spoke a Venetian pollaccre, that told us there was three Turks ships in Alexandria, loading with coffee and rice for Constantinople, which we bore away for Rhodes, as they must pass by there. We cruized off and on for that day without seeing a vessel of any kind. The 18th, at day-light, we seen five sail close in with the land, which we went in after thinking they were good prizes; but to our great misfortune found them to be Turkish men of war, one of 50 guns, one of 44, and three 16 guns each, which they gave us chace, and at 7 the frigate came alongside, which the captain wanted to engage, but the lieutenant would not until the others would be further astern they were three miles astern of us. In the mean time the frigate kept continual firing at us, then at half past ten we hauled the French colours down and engaged her, and shot away the fore topsail yard, when we tried for to go down to the others, but before that she got from under our guns, we had the luck for to set her on fire; by this time the others got up with her and got round us, which caused us to fill the train that we had in the magazine ready to blow the ship up if any of them boarded us; so one may easily guess the condition we was in at this time, as we made ourselves shure of being taken; but as God would have it, we got as

close to the 50 gun ship astern, that our larboard spritsail yard arm touched her stern, and we fired as fast as possible we could until we silenced the guns and took to the small arms, which we killed most of their men, for they could not make any sail to get away from us, all their sails and rigging was shot away; by this time the frigate had got her topsail yard up, and came up to us; as she sailed better than we did, so we was obliged to engage her once more, but soon disabled her by carrying away her fore topmast half down; then we had the three small ones to keep off, but as soon as they saw that the two large ships was able for to do no more, they made sail away from us, which we were verry glad at, as it was half past eleven o'clock at night, and we had 17 killed and 9 wounded, and all our sails and rigging torn to pieces, our force being no more than 22 guns, and if there was another of the same force with us, we would have taken the five of them; but now we got clear of them, we wish we was as clear of the cruize and the ship. Next day we steered for Sarpanto for to get repaired. The 20th June we got in, and the captain went on shore and got plenty of people to help us, then we were ready for sea. The 24th June, in the morning, we sailed for the island of Cyprus, and in the afternoon fell in with a Turkish vessel loaded with honey, oil, and cotton, which we took the prisoners out and sent her to Leghorn: next morning we put the prisoners to death. In the afternoon we took a large Turkish ship loaded with cotton, hemp, and three jars of honey, besides ready money, which we put thirteen hands on board of her, but took the prisoners on board of us and sent the prize to Leghorn; next

morning at ten o'clock we put the prisoners to death. June 27th, the captain ordered that the prisoners for the future should be put to death in the head, as there was such dirty decks with them always. In the afternoon we took a small vessel loaded with nuts, which we sunk, people and all together; then we steered for Jaffa to see if we could get any water, as we had very little on board. The 28th, we got in and sent the tender and long boat with sixty armed men on shore to fill water; but we had not got only twelve butts filled before we seen above two thousand Turks and Moors coming down a horseback towards us, which we were obliged to haul our tender close in shore to cover our men the time they got the water; but before we got it all on board we had three men killed, but how many of them we cannot tell, as we could see a great number of their horses fall with the shot from our tender; as soon as we got the water stowed and the ship clear, we got under weigh and steered for Alexandria.

June 29th, we seen five sail a-head, which we gave chace to, and soon came up with them; we took two out, the other three got on shore; one of them we took was a good prize, loaded with cotton and silk, besides a deal of money, the other was loaded with coffee and rice; but as we could not spare any hands to send them down to Leghorn or Malta, we took the best of every thing out of them, and sunk them, people and all together. In the afternoon we spoke a Ragusa pollaccre, which told us there was seven sail of Algerine xebecks a cruizing in the Arches. June 30th, we sailed for the river of Nile, as it was the best way to keep from the Algerines, and a good place to cruize in besides.