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Jan.] been a common ailor of the lowet rank. If this be the fact, Captain Bligh diguies the truth when he aerts, that he had always treated him with the greatet liberality.

There were at that time eighteen hips lying at anchor at the Cape, of which twelve were Dutch, two French, two American, and two Englih.

At un-rie we aluted the place with thirteen guns, which it returned with the ame number.

18th. At nine o'clock the Commander of our expedition went on hore; upon which the town aluted him with fifteen guns, which we returned gun for gun. The Governor had ent everal carriages, and a large company of muicians to attend General Dentrecateaux at the place where he landed. Accompanied by the muicians, playing upon their intruments in a very boiterous manner, he went with ome of his officers to wait upon the members of the regency, who received him in a full aembly of the council, and oon after returned his viit, at the houe of the Chargé d'Affaires of France, where he lodged.

The greater part of our officers took lodgings in different houes of the town. The Dutch inhabitants at the Cape are known to be very fond of lodging trangers at their houes. Their common price is a piatre a day. I took a lodging, together