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After two weeks in port we sailed again, this time making a cruise to the northward. We reached the neighborhood of Halifax before we found a prize, and then captured a small brig. Learning that she was a part of a convoy, consisting of the frigate _Elizabeth_ of twenty guns, the brig _Observer_ of sixteen guns, and the sloop-of-war _Howe_ of fourteen guns, and that there were under their protection two large ships with cargoes of great value, Captain Tucker determined "to make capital," as he expressed it, and sailed to intercept them.
The next morning they were sighted, and hoisting the English colors we sailed boldly into their midst. Selecting the heaviest armed ship, we came up with her and hailed her: