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178). in some measure, every individual for the hard-dec. ships they had sustained; declaring that he felthimself in the highest degree obliged to themfor the good order, the unanimity, and the ex-cellent conduct they had so cheerfully perseveredin, during the trying scenes they had experiencedtogether, and which had afforded them an op-portunity of testifying their zeal for the generalservice; which it should be his business to re-present in such terms as their whole behaviourtruly merited.

Air. Sharp, who, from the time of leavingthe Peleav islands, had taken Lee Boo underhis immediate care, now resigned his charge toCaptain Wilson, and came home in the Las-CELLS, Captain Wakeeield; the other officersand people engaged in different ships, as vacanciesoffered, but the greater part of the men embarkedin the York, Captain Blanchard ; nor did anyof them separate without some emotions of concernin quitting those companions with whom theyhad shared so many difficulties.

Lee Boo embarked with Captain Wilson inthe Morse, Captain Joseph Elliott, who,in the most friendly manner, accommodated themto Eh GLAND. And , as we have now disposedof, and dispersed all those who formerly com-posed the complement of the Antelope, I shall,for the present, leave their respected Commanderpursuing, with our young Prince, his voyageto ENGLAND- — Being inclined to hope thatthe character and conduct of these hitherto un-

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