A convoy, as I can well remember, was coming up it that day, the timid flock of merchantmen in front; the frigates, like well-trained dogs, upon the skirts; and two burly drover line-of-battle ships rolling along behind them.
En tête, venait la troupe craintive des navires marchands. Les frégates, pareilles à des chiens bien dressés, gardaient les flancs et deux vaisseaux de haut bord, aux formes massives, roulaient à l'arrière.