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A Narrative
and Lieutenant Brownrigg , of his Majesty ' s 75 th regiment , was reduced to the alternative of again frei ghting a private vessel in the name of the Honourable East-India Company , in order to transport us to Madras . On the 10 th of June we took our final leave of Mosambique ; and on the 13 th anchored at Joanna , with an intention of procuring provisions , and furnishing ourselves with other conveniencies ; having
accomplished our ends , we left the island the 19 th , after experiencing from its generous inhabitants every aid in their power , and every attention which humanity could dictate . It was at this period , when we concluded every difficulty surmounted , a fond , but delusive hope began to dawn upon our minds , and-we anticipated a safe and expeditious passage to Madras , when , on the . 7 th of July , in the lat . of 5 deg . 40 min . North , and long . 6 3 . East , we were captured by the le Mutine , a French privateer
from the isle of France . We were entirel y ignorant of the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain and France , by which our vexatious disappointment encreased . Having taken Lieutenant Brownrigg , myself , with twenty-two seamen and soldiers , onboard the privateer , they put an officer , with some of their own people , into our vessel , with orders to conduct her to the . Mauritius . The privateer after- . wards proceeded on her cruize , and on the 15 th of July entered the Road
of Tutecorin , where she engaged a Dutch Indiaman ( the Ceylon , Captain Muntz ) , and , after an action of about fifteen minutes , was captured . Being thus again at liberty , I repaired to Pallamcotah , whither , in . a short time , an order came to prepare a boat for our conveyance to Madras , where I arrived August 20 , 1793 , twelve months after our unfortunate shipwreck . ( Signed ) & c .
Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY , & c .
IN A LETTER TO J . AND E . FRY .
BY CAPPER LLOYD , ESQ , '
DEAR KINSMAN , _ Cork , 16 th Sept . I Enter upon the talk which you have imposed upon me without reluctance , for , besides the pleasure arising from communication , I hope you will receive it as the offering of sincerity at the shrine of friendship . At Limerick I received injunctions and with that lace in
your , p I - tend entering upon my description : but great things ought not to be expected from a juvenile traveller , nor is it easy to describe many places where similar beauties arise in succession , without a sameness of description and stile . If I afford amusement to our small circle of
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A Narrative
and Lieutenant Brownrigg , of his Majesty ' s 75 th regiment , was reduced to the alternative of again frei ghting a private vessel in the name of the Honourable East-India Company , in order to transport us to Madras . On the 10 th of June we took our final leave of Mosambique ; and on the 13 th anchored at Joanna , with an intention of procuring provisions , and furnishing ourselves with other conveniencies ; having
accomplished our ends , we left the island the 19 th , after experiencing from its generous inhabitants every aid in their power , and every attention which humanity could dictate . It was at this period , when we concluded every difficulty surmounted , a fond , but delusive hope began to dawn upon our minds , and-we anticipated a safe and expeditious passage to Madras , when , on the . 7 th of July , in the lat . of 5 deg . 40 min . North , and long . 6 3 . East , we were captured by the le Mutine , a French privateer
from the isle of France . We were entirel y ignorant of the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain and France , by which our vexatious disappointment encreased . Having taken Lieutenant Brownrigg , myself , with twenty-two seamen and soldiers , onboard the privateer , they put an officer , with some of their own people , into our vessel , with orders to conduct her to the . Mauritius . The privateer after- . wards proceeded on her cruize , and on the 15 th of July entered the Road
of Tutecorin , where she engaged a Dutch Indiaman ( the Ceylon , Captain Muntz ) , and , after an action of about fifteen minutes , was captured . Being thus again at liberty , I repaired to Pallamcotah , whither , in . a short time , an order came to prepare a boat for our conveyance to Madras , where I arrived August 20 , 1793 , twelve months after our unfortunate shipwreck . ( Signed ) & c .
Account Of A Tour To Killarney, &C.
ACCOUNT OF A TOUR TO KILLARNEY , & c .
IN A LETTER TO J . AND E . FRY .
BY CAPPER LLOYD , ESQ , '
DEAR KINSMAN , _ Cork , 16 th Sept . I Enter upon the talk which you have imposed upon me without reluctance , for , besides the pleasure arising from communication , I hope you will receive it as the offering of sincerity at the shrine of friendship . At Limerick I received injunctions and with that lace in
your , p I - tend entering upon my description : but great things ought not to be expected from a juvenile traveller , nor is it easy to describe many places where similar beauties arise in succession , without a sameness of description and stile . If I afford amusement to our small circle of