Then I see they have left a good many tons of copper behind them; overlooked them, I suppose, in the hurry of loading.

A considerable portion of the stores consist of home produce--cottons, cloths, silks, furniture, musical instruments, mirrors, and, in fact, goods of all kinds." "That is most satisfactory, Mr.Wylde, and we sha'n't have had our trouble for nothing.

Ah! here come the other boats." As he spoke the pinnaces, long-boats, and cutters of the two ships of war dashed into the harbor, and in a minute or two reached the landing-place.
"So they gave you the slip as well as me, Chambers ?" Captain Wilson said.
"Confound them, yes.

I was within about four miles of them at sunset, but they both gave me the slip in the dark." "Mine fairly outsailed me," Captain Wilson said.

"I am afraid we have made rather a mess of the affair; though we acted for the best, and I don't see how we could have done otherwise.However.I have learned that the brig and the schooner we have been chasing so long have made straight for France, so that we shall have no more trouble with them.
The other brig, which only arrived two days before we chased the others in here, has, it is believed, also gone off.