Sent to watch the French flotilla off Boulogne-Monotonous duty-Return to Sheerness to refit-Story of Billy Culmer-More cruising off Boulogne-Return to England.
On the ninth day after joining, we sailed to cruise off Boulogne. The vessel I now commanded was a brig sloop of fourteen 24-pounders, the ship's company by no means a bad set, and in the