Got up anchor pay’d
the french flagg another Salute rec’d. 11 for 13—One of our Seamen narrowly escap'd
drowning; when the Ship was coming to sail was turned off from the Spritsail
Yard the Ship went over Him, but He was luckily taken up by the Man who was in
the Cutter which was veard astern arriv’d at Camaritt about 5 O’clock P.M. and
came to anchor.
SOURCE: Dr. Ezra
Green, Diary of Ezra Green, M.D., Surgeon on Board the Continental Ship
“Ranger,” Under John Paul Jones, from November 1, 1777 to September 27, 1778, p.
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