Influence of the late campaigns on his character--His extraordinary strength and activity--Narrow escapes from drowning--Appointed to a guard-ship--Presses for active employment, and proposes to resign his commission--Appointed to the _Licorne_--Becomes First Lieutenant of the _Apollo_, Captain Pownoll--Action with the _Stanislaus_, French frigate; Captain Pownoll killed, enemy driven on shore--His letter on the occasion to Earl Sandwich--Promoted to be a Commander--Anecdote in relation to his promotion--Appointed to the _Hazard_--Appointed to the _Pelican_--Gallant action--Promoted to be a Post-Captain--Appointed to the temporary command of the _Artois_--Captures an enemy's cruiser--Anecdote of Captain Macbride--Marriage--Appointed to the _Winchelsea_ frigate--Conduct in her--Appointed to the _Salisbury_, Vice-Admiral Milbanke--Anecdote of Lord Thurlow. page 28 CHAPTER III. THE NYMPHE AND CLEOPATRA. Becomes a farmer--Remarks on naval officers' farming--His ill success--Omen of his future fortune--Offered a command in the Russian Navy--Remarks on serving foreign states--War of the French Revolution--Appointed to the _Nymphe_ 36-gun frigate--Enters a number of Cornish miners for her--Cornish miners--Equipment and movements of the _Nymphe_--Captain Israel Pellew joins her as a volunteer--Sails from Falmouth--Remarkable dream of one of the officers--Falls in with the _Cleopatra_; her high state of equipment--Gallantry of both ships--Cap of Liberty--Action--Death of the French Captain, Mullon; his heroism--Captain Pellew's letter to his brother. page 47 CHAPTER IV. THE WESTERN SQUADRONS.