Mg' willingnefs which marks his chara&er, made the necef-
fary application toeommifEonier Martin; gj who, . on his» part*
as readily ordered the .proper material«. The prooefg was-
accordingly loan finifhed ; and fully anfwered the .purpofe
intended.
May 12. His Majefty?s fhip the Hysena joined us this'
day, and put herfelf under th e . command . o f Captain;
Phillip, who had inftrudtions to take herwkh him as far as he
fhould think needful, in the evening the Sirius -made the
fignai to weigh, and attempted to get down to St. Helen’s^
but the wind ihifcing, and federal of the coiwoy .^ot getting
under way, through fome irregularity in* the feame.h, £he
was obliged to anchor. When this was done, Captain
Phillip fent Lieutenant King on board the fhips which had
occasioned the detention, who* fbom adjufted the difficulties
that had adifen; as they were found to proceed more from
intoxication than from any nanfkal eapfesw
. r3th. r This morning the Sirius and her convey weighed
again, with, an intention; of goii^ through §t.- Hejen’s j;
but the wind being. fair for the Needles, we run through
them, with a pfeafaht breezes The- Chadotto, iC^ptaih
Gilbert, on board of which I was, failing very heavy, the
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Hyæna töok us in tow*, until fhe brought us ahead of
the Sirius, and then caft us off.
x 5th. An aceidedt of a ftngular nature happened to-day.
Corporal Baker of the marines, on laying a loaded mufquet
down, Which- hé had juft taken out of the arms cheft, was
wounded by it in thé inner-aöklé-of the right foot. The
bones,, after being a good deal fhattered, turned' the ball j.
which taking another direction, had ftill forcé enough left
to go through a harnefs-cafk full of beef, at‘ fome diftance,
ând, after that, to kill two geéfe that were on the other
fide of it. -^Extraordinary as this 'incident may appear, it
is no lefs true. The corporal heing a young man, and in
a good habit of body, I had the pleafure, contrary to the
general expectation, of feeing him return to his duty in
three months, with the perfect ufe of the wounded joint.
f : noth. A difcovêrÿ of -a futile fcheme, formed by the
convins on board the'*Scarborough, Was Made by one of that
body, who had-, been recommended to • Captain Hunter
previous to our failing; They had laid a plan for making
themfelves mafters of the fhip; but being prevented by this
difcovery, two -of the ringleaders were carried on board the
Sirius, where they were punifhed ; and afterwards put on
C 2 board