dmiration of the world,
till time shall be no more.

"Immediately after the action, some Maltese, Genoese, and
Spaniards, who had been serving on board the French fleet, offered
their services in the British; and, being accepted, expressed the
greatest happiness, at thus being freed, as they said, from the
tyranny and cruelty of the French."

It has been thought proper to adopt the description of the battle of the
Nile from this unadorned narrative, not only because it is said to have
been originally sketched by Captain Berry; but because there seems no
small degree of internal evidence that it was originally founded on the
minutes of the hero himself, to whose most glorious victory it adverts
with far less admiration and applause than it probably would have
received from any other pen.

The following Journal of the 1st, 2d, and 3d days of August 1798, said
to have been written by a French officer of high rank, will be found to
comprehend a more just and animated picture of this grand naval
engagement, and it's consequences, than could have been reasonably
expected from what is usually seen of Gallic candour and impartiality.

"The 1st of August 1798, wind west north-west, light breezes, and
fair weather. The second division of the fleet sent a party of men
on shore to dig wells. Every ship in the fleet sent twenty-five
men, to protect the workmen from the continual attacks of the
Bedouins and vagabonds of the country. At two in the afternoon,
L'Heureux made the signal for twelve sail, west south-west; which
we could easily distinguish, from the mast-heads, to be ships of
war. The signal was then made, for all the boats, workmen, and
guards, to repair on board their ships, which was only obeyed by a
small number. At three o'clock, the admiral, not having any doubt
that the ships in sight were the enemy, ordered the hammocks to be
stowed for action; and directed L'Alert and Ruiller brigs of war to
reconnoitre the enemy; who, we soon perceived, were steering for
Bequier Bay, under a crowd of canvas, without observing any order
of sailing. At four o'clock, we saw, over the fort of Aboukir, two
ships, apparently waiting to join the squadron: without doubt, they
had been sent to look into the port of Alexandria. We likewise saw
a brig, with the twelve ships; so that they were, now, fourteen
sail of