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 and 5225 perished. As soon as the conquest was completed, Nelson sent orders through the fleet to return thanksgiving, in every ship, for the victory with which Almighty God had blessed his Majesty's arms. Long after this tremendous battle innumerable bodies were seen floating about the, in spite of all the exertions which were made to sink them, as well from fear of pestilence, as from the loathing and horror which the sight occasioned. The shore, for an extant of 4 leagues, was covered with wreck; and the Arabs found employment for many days in burning on the beach the fragments which were cast up, for the sake of the iron. In order to give a more complete idea of the force employed in this memorable engagement, than can be gathered from the narrative of the battle, we introduce the following specification:—