de Island by the enemy." The cruise was
first to the Bermudas and then to the Banks of New Foundland.

On August 9th Barry took the schooner "Polly" bound from Bermuda to
Halifax with a cargo of molasses, sugar and lime and sent her to Boston.
On August 19th arrived at the Bermudas after chasing several vessels,
among which was the "Experiment," of 18 guns, which escaped into St.
George's Harbor. On the 23d Barry sent Captain Tufts, of the "Polly," to
inform the Governor that unless all the American prisoners were released
he would remain for three weeks and hinder vessels going in or coming
out which, said Barry, he "could effectively do as their whole force was
not sufficient to cope with the 'Alliance.'" On August 25th Barry chased
the privateer "Hawk" and took from her the sloop "Fortune," which she
had captured. The "Hawk" escaped.

The "Alliance" continued cruising and chasing vessels until August 30th,
when learning from a brig from Guadeloupe bound for Rhode Island, that a
large fleet had sailed from Jamaica, Captain Barry concluded to attempt
to overhaul by running northeast. On September 8th he captured a
Nantucket brig returning from a whaling cruise. It had protection papers
from Admiral Digby and permission to bring the oil to New York, then in
British possession as during almost all the war. At this time the
"Alliance" was off the Banks of New Foundland, where on September 18th
the capture of a brig, one of the Jamaica fleet, was made. Barry learned
that the convoy--the "Ramilie," of 74 guns--had foundered in a gale and
that the fleet he was in search of had scattered.

On September 24th Barry took two ships--on 27th he captured another. On
the following day he captured a dismantled ship and all of the fleet
from Jamaica he had been in search of and ordered them to L'Orient,
France, where the "Alliance" with the prizes arrived October 17th, and
the prisoners, except those who had entered into American service, were
sent on shore. Most of the prisoners belonged at Glasgow where they had
families. Otherwise these also would have entered under Captain Barry.
"The separation," records Kessler, "was more like the separation of old
friends than that of individuals of nations at war." Their treatment on
the "Alliance" while prisoners was good. The officers were given
quarters with officers--the privates placed with the privates of the
"Alliance," enjoying fare alike. No confinement, no abridgment of food
nor an