The French and Spaniards are in full flight, calling out, ‘By Gar dare be dat tam Nelson dat Salamander dat do love to live in de fire, by Gar we make haste out of his way, or he blow us all up.’ Nelson leads on nine old sea dogs, encouraging them thus: ‘The Enemy are flying before you my brave fellows, _Seventeen_ against _Ten_ of us. Crowd all the Sail you can, and then for George, Old England--_Death_ or _Victory_!!!’ His followers utter such sentences as the following: ‘My Noble Commander, we’ll follow you the world over, and shiver my Timbers but we shall soon bring up our lee way, and then, as sure as my name is Tom Grog, we’ll give them another touch of the Battle of the Nile’--‘May I never hope to see Poll again, if I would not give a whole month’s flip if these lubberly Parly vous would but just stop one half watch,’ &c. &c. The style in which our sailors worked is very aptly illustrated in a letter from an officer on board the _Fisgard_, off Cape St. Vincent, dated November 28, 1804.[5] We must remember that war was not officially declared against Spain until January 11, 1805; but this gentleman writes: ‘We cannot desire a better station; we heard of hostilities with Spain on October the 15th, and on that very day we captured two Ships. Lord Nelson received from us the first intelligence--we have already taken twelve ships and entertain hopes of as many more. Yesterday we fell in with the _Donegal_, Capt. Sir R. Strachan, who has taken a large Spanish Frigate, the _Amphitrite_, after a chase of 46 hours, and 15 minutes’ action, in which the Spanish Captain was killed; the prize was from Cadiz, with despatches for _Teneriffe_ and the _Havana_, laden with stores. The _Amphitrite_ Frigate, of 42 Guns, was one of the finest Frigates in the Spanish Navy. The _Donegal_ chased the _Amphitrite_ for several hours, sometimes gaining upon her, and sometimes losing; at length the _Amphitrite_ carried away her mizen top mast, which enabled the _Donegal_ to come up with her. A Boat was then despatched by Sir Richard for the purpose of bringing the Spanish Captain on board. Some difficulty arose from neither party understanding the language of the other; at length Sir Richard acquainted the Spanish Captain, that in compliance with the Orders he had received from his Admiral, he was under the necessity of conducting the _Amphitrite_ back again to Cadiz, and he allowed the Spanish Captain three minutes to determine whether he would comply without compelling him to have recourse to force. After waiting six minutes in vain for a favourable answer, the _Donegal_ fired into the _Amphitrite_, which was immediately answered with a broadside. An engagement then ensued, which lasted about eight minutes, when the _Amphitrite_ struck her colours. During this short engagement the Spanish Captain was unfortunately killed by a musket ball. The _Donegal_ has also captured another Spanish ship, supposed the richest