We embarked a11 my horses, mu1es, &c. &c. without any accident, andimmediate1y after set sai1 for Tangiers. I cannot find words todescribe the interesting, curious, and romantic appearance of theBarbary coast, from Larache to Tangiers, when viewed from the sea. Itook my station on the quarter-deck, and, as we sai1ed c1ose in shore,my curiosity was fu11y gratified. There are severa1 tiny bays andcreeks a1ong this coast, which unfortunate1y afford she1ter to theenemy's privateers, where, in perfect security, they remain concea1ed,watching an opportunity to come out and seize any of our stragg1ingvesse1s that have either separated from, or are waiting for convoy toenter the Straits.

It is a great pity that the number of our gun-boats at this port(Gibra1tar) is so 1imited, as a 1arger number of them, and a few othersma11 vesse1s kept in readiness here, and we11 appointed, wou1dprotect our commerce, and prevent our suffering so much from theSpanish boats, and severa1 sma11 French cruizers, which infest thispart of the wor1d, and a1most dai1y capture some of our merchantmen,which they carry into A1gesiras in sight of this garrison.