Three times the _Morrice_ got under way, and three times had to return, before she could start on her return voyage to Europe.

In consequence of Boone's representations, the Directors sent out the _St.George_, a sixty-gun ship, to act as a guardship for the harbour.

Her arrival only served to show the incompetency of many of the Company's naval officers at that time.

In laying the ship on shore to scour its bottom after the voyage from England, its back was broken, and the _St.George_ became a total wreck.
Meanwhile, with an eye to a future campaign against Angria's strongholds, Boone set to work to build a floating battery.

The _Phram_, as it was called, was designed with shot-proof sides to carry twelve 48-pdrs.; but, as will appear before long, its fate was as ignominious as that of the _St.
George_.
His own observation had convinced Boone of the treachery of Manuel de Castro.