He says he will see you in the English Channel.

Oh, God, Lawless, isn't this awful?
Three-fourths of ours are dead or wounded! The cursed rebel captured the Mellish, we ranged alongside at quarters; they got in the first broadside; the maintopmast went, then the jib; they fell off, raked us through the stern, boarded; Jones cut down Burden with his sword; we could not get a gun to bear, they were pounding through us.

We could not keep the men at quarters, we struck; they took our flag too; then you came down, and he sheered off; then the mizzenmast went.

I expect the fore will go next." "What's his force?
Was it a frigate ?" "I can answer that," said the brave master of the Mellish, who had gained the Juno and fought well in the fight; "she's a sloop of eighteen guns." "Less than ours! We have twenty-two.

Oh, Lawless, what a disgrace! I can't understand it.