to windward, spent an hour in repairing the very moderate damages to her rigging, and then again stood down for her enemy, whose flag had again been shown. This, of course, meant nothing in such circumstances, and as soon as the _Constitution_ stood across her bows it was struck. The _Constitution_, after her repairs of an hour, was now again, in naval language, all ataunto. Her loss had been eight seamen and one marine killed; the fifth lieutenant, John C. Aylwin, and two seamen mortally wounded; Commodore Bainbridge and twelve seamen severely wounded; seven seamen and two marines slightly wounded; a total killed and wounded of thirty-four. The _Java_ had been cut to pieces; “she was a riddled and entirely dismasted hulk.” She lost her captain and five midshipmen killed or mortally wounded, and six officers and four midshipmen wounded. Her total loss was forty-eight killed and one hundred and two wounded.[31] The two ships were not very unequal in force, the _Constitution_ being about 10 per cent. stronger in weight of gunfire and with about 10 per cent. more men. The larger number of men aboard the _Java_ than she usually carried was due to her having on board men for some other ships. Both ships were handled with remarkable skill and coolness, but the American gunnery had shown itself enormously superior. It had so wrecked the _Java_ that Bainbridge, now 5,000 miles from home and on an unfriendly coast, gave up the idea of attempting to save the ship. He lay by for several days removing the wounded and saving the effects of the crew. The _Java_ was then blown up, and the _Constitution_ went into Bahia and paroled the _Java’s_ officers and crew. “Our gallant enemy,” reported Lieutenant Chads, “has treated us most generously,” and Lieutenant-General Hislop who with his staff were passengers in the _Java_ for the East, presented Commodore Bainbridge with a very handsome sword as a token of gratitude for the kindness with which he had treated the prisoners.[32] Bainbridge, his ship needing repairs after a long period of service which had begun before the war, sailed from Bahia on January 6, 1813, and reached Boston February 27th, having been absent 119 days. The _Hornet_ had been left at Bahia observing the _Bonne Citoyenne_, but the arrival of the _Montagu_, 74, relieved the captain of the British sloop-of-war from risking his ship and treasure. The _Hornet_, on the _Montagu’s_ arrival, put to sea late in the evening unmolested.