CHAPTER III.

THE NYMPHE AND CLEOPATRA.

Becomes a farmer--Remarks on naval officers' farming--His ill
success--Omen of his future fortune--Offered a command in the
Russian Navy--Remarks on serving foreign states--War of the French
Revolution--Appointed to the _Nymphe_ 36-gun frigate--Enters a
number of Cornish miners for her--Cornish miners--Equipment and
movements of the _Nymphe_--Captain Israel Pellew joins her as a
volunteer--Sails from Falmouth--Remarkable dream of one of the
officers--Falls in with the _Cleopatra_; her high state of
equipment--Gallantry of both ships--Cap of Liberty--Action--Death
of the French Captain, Mullon; his heroism--Captain Pellew's letter
to his brother. page 47


CHAPTER IV.

THE WESTERN SQUADRONS.

Presented to the King and knighted--His liberality to the widow of
Captain Mullon--Use of carronades--He suggests the employment of
independent squadrons in the western part of the Channel, to check
the enemy's cruising frigates--Value of these squadrons--Appointed
to the _Arethusa_, and joins Sir J.B. Warren's squadron--Action of
April 23rd, 1794--Engages and captures _La Pomone_--Action of
August 23rd, 1794 A second squadron fitted out, and placed under
his orders--_Artois_ and _Revolutionaire_; chivalrous conduct of