A noise below, familiar enough, with its rattle and splash, told me that an anchor had been dropped from the bows; and as the _Teaser_ slowly swung round from the force of the tide, I also had to turn, so as to keep the telescope fixed upon the enemy, who were as busy as ever, though what they were doing I could not make out.  The flashes of light came more frequently, though, as the sun played upon their weapons; and now I had something else to report--that they had both assumed a different position, being lifted by the tide and floated upon an even keel.