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Poverty - by James Platt

them, Nelson holding command of the sea. On the voyage we were caught in it white squall. The Vanguard lost her topsails, and was much afraid of losing her masts. The youngest child of the royal family died. We landed the whole at the Mole at Palermo, and laid there for a short time, during which we had it grand hall on board, the ship's leek being gaily fitted with flags. The king gave a cask of dollars to be distributed amongst the crew, and also three days' holiday at his request. It is supposed that we brought on board from Naples more than a million of money, which the French would have liked very much to have fingered. During the holiday large numbers of our crews had liberty on shore at Palermo. Often they strolled a great many miles out, sometimes getting noisy and troublesome by using the wine-shops; and in those unsettled times some of the little fishing towns and villages contained a very rough population, not particularly honest. When on shore, or going any