In view of the fact that the British gunners were unable to hit the broadside of the ship when half a pistol shot away, a comparison of the armament of the two ships is as absurd as it was when the Yankee _Hornet_ shot the British _Peacock_ under water in fourteen minutes. However, it ought to be given to complete the record. The _Peacock_ in this battle had a broadside of ten guns that threw three hundred and fifteen pounds actual weight of metal at a round. The _Epervier_ had one gun less in her broadside and threw two hundred and seventy-four pounds of metal from it. The “relative force” of the two ships was as “twelve to ten;” the damage done to each was not quite as one hundred to nothing, because the _Peacock_ did get a bad cut in the foreyard and the _Epervier_ was not quite destroyed. Perhaps the reader will find amusement and even instruction in considering what the relative damage of the two ships really was. After the British flag was hauled down the Yankee sailors made haste to repair the captured ship and by nightfall had her sails spread in a run for Savannah in company with the _Peacock_. En route to that port a British frigate chased the two, but the _Peacock_ drew her off and then outsailed her. The _Epervier_ was carried into Savannah on May 1st, and on the 4th, the _Peacock_ arrived. As the reader will remember the _Adams_ happened to be in port at this time. The _Epervier_ proved a very rich prize to the victorious crew, for in addition to the $120,000 in coin (James would reduce it to $118,000) the Government bought the prize for $55,000. The _Epervier_ was built in 1812. It is worth telling that in breadth and depth the _Peacock_ and _Epervier_ were exactly alike--32 × 14 feet. The _Peacock_, however, was 118 feet long, while the _Epervier_ was 107. There are whole fleets of Yankee schooners in this day bigger than either--plenty that can carry more cargo than both put together--which are nevertheless called small coasters; of such a character has been the development of modern ship building. [Illustration: Medal awarded to Lewis Warrington after the capture of the _Epervier_ by the _Peacock_.] The _Epervier_ was brought into port by Lieutenant John B. Nicholson. Congress voted a gold medal to Warrington and the usual silver medals and swords to the other officers. Nicholson was transferred to the _Siren_, of which something will be told presently. The _Peacock_ sailed on another cruise on June 4th. Crossing the Banks of Newfoundland she cruised on the coasts of Ireland for a time and then sailed to the Bay of Biscay and finally back via the Barbadoes to New York, where she arrived on October 29, 1814. In all she took fourteen merchantmen, most of them on the Irish coast. They were manned by one hundred and forty-eight men and they were valued at $1,493,000. She was distinctly a lucky ship.