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and one in the middle on a small island. farther up in another fort also on an island and to judge from appearances should think they were very strong. Then there is another fort on an island called (?cohas?) just in front of the town on this island is the Public arsenal and English store houses. This fort has but 6 or 8 guns Mounted at present, and has but a small guard of soldiers. It was on the north side of this Island that Capt Cook hove his ships down. There is now an old ring of an Anchor fastened in the rocks and left here by him. We found the Frigates Raritan and Congress laying here they are both fine vessels. Frigates of the 1st class. They are both very fast sailers tis said tis said that the Raritan logged 276 miles in 24 hours and for three successive days 240 miles. The English also have two fine Frigates laying here one of them (The America) was built in the United States and presented to the French. She was taken from the French