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The _Happy-go-lucky_ sailed with a fresh breeze and a flowing sheet from Saint Malo, the evening before the _Arrow_ sailed from Barn Pool. The _Active_ sailed from Portsmouth the morning after.
The yacht, as we before observed, was bound to Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. The _Active_ had orders to cruise wherever she pleased within the limits of the admiral's station; and she ran for West Bay, on the other side of the Bill of Portland. The _Happy-go-lucky_ was also bound for that bay to land her cargo.