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May 3d. 4th. and 5th.
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20th. 21 ft.
HISTORICAL   JOURNAL.
The troops were compleated by draughts from other regiments, muftered, and embarked in great fpirits-, together with their baggage, ftores, &c. and this bufinefs was fo well conduced, that there was not the leaft confufion or accident happened.
The fleet and convoy fell down to the harbour's mouth, and came to an anchor : orders were ifTued to be ready to fail at a moment's warning.
A reinforcement of three (hips of the line and a frigate arrived this morning early from England, in confequence of intelligence being received, that the enemy had put out a fleet of fixteen fail of the line to intercept us.
We failed out of the harbour at four this morning with a fair wind ; but it foon after veered about, and blew frefh ; by which the fleet were feparated, and the Centurion ftruck upon the Tur-bet-bank.
Perverfe wind to day, and our fleet much difperfed off Kingfale, though moftly in fight: the Centurion got off the bank at the return of the tide, without any prejudice: in working out yefterday feveral of our great mips and a few tranfports ran foul of each other, by which three of the former loft their heads, and a good deal of other damage was done in the fleet, but not fo confiderable as to retard their voyage.
Our fleet kept well together until this day, when they feparated in a fog', but the weather clearing up the day following, they were difcovered a great way to leeward j upon which the Admiral fhortened fail, and threw out iignals to keep together, and come
one feet, and the length of her keel fifty feet, multiply the one by the other, and multiply again by eight, which we will alfo fuppofe to be the depth of her hold; then divide by ninety-five, and the produdt is the anfwer. This is called Carpenter's mea-fure, and only differs from the other, by multiplying by ten and a half, being half the length of the beam, and the fuppofed depth of her hold, and then proceed with the reft as before. 83* This example is only for a fmall coafting floop, larger veflels are furvejr-ed in like manner.