many were killed on both sides.  One thing remarkable I saw this day:—­A lieutenant of the Princess Amelia, who, as well as my master, superintended the landing, was giving the word of command, and while his mouth was open a musquet ball went through it, and passed out at his cheek.  I had that day in my hand the scalp of an indian king, who was killed in the engagement:  the scalp had been taken off by an Highlander.  I saw this king’s ornaments too, which were very curious, and made of feathers.

Our land forces laid siege to the town of Louisbourgh, while the French men of war were blocked up in the harbour by the fleet, the batteries at the same time playing upon them from the land.  This they did with such effect, that one day I saw some of the ships set on fire by the shells from the batteries, and I believe two or three of them were quite burnt.  At another time, about fifty boats belonging to the English men of war, commanded by Captain George Balfour of the AEtna fire-ship, and another junior captain, Laforey, attacked and boarded the only two remaining French men of war in the harbour.  They also set fire to a seventy-gun ship, but a sixty-four, called the Bienfaisant, they brought off.  During my stay here I had often an opportunity of being near Captain Balfour, who was pleased to notice me, and liked me so much that he often asked my master to let him have me, but he would not part with me; and no consideration could have induced me to leave him.  At last Louisbourgh was taken, and the English men of war came into the harbour before it, to my very great joy; for I had now more liberty of indulging myself, and I went often on shore.  When the ships were in the harbour we had the most beautiful procession on the water I ever saw.  All the admirals and captains of the men of war, full dressed, and in their barges, well ornamented with pendants, came alongside of the Namur.  The vice-admiral then went on shore in his barge, followed by the other officers in order of seniority, to take possession, as I suppose, of the town and fort.  Some time after this the French governor and his lady, and other persons of note, came on board our ship to dine.  On this occasion our ships were dressed with colours of all kinds, from the topgallant-mast head to the deck; and this, with the firing of guns, formed a most grand and magnificent spectacle.

As soon as every thing here was settled Admiral Boscawen sailed with part of the fleet for England, leaving some ships behind with Rear-admirals Sir Charles Hardy and Durell.  It was now winter; and one evening, during our passage home, about dusk, when we were in the channel, or near soundings, and were beginning to look for land, we descried seven sail of large men of war, which stood off shore.  Several people on board of our ship said, as the two fleets were (in forty minutes from the first sight) within hail of each other, that they were English men of war; and some of our people even began to name some of the