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short of a miracle, can I fear now, retrieve [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] the affairs of the Nation in these Seas, as I think the Enemy will not meet us, numerous as they will be when joined, if they can avoid it. On the 28th in the evening, I received orders to proceed to this Bay, and anchored with my division, at Sun rise the next morning— Sir George and his division came in yesterday But Admiral Drake still remains out, which I am sorry for, and wish he was in also; that the whole of the fleet might be ready to act together, on the spur of a movement; for I cannot see the least service his Division can do, between the Diamond Rock and this Island, beyond that, of watching the Enemy at Fort Royal, which frigates would perform to the full as well; and [[catchword]] I [[/catchword]]
