LETTER XXVIII.

_Arrival of a packet from England. Eagerness to ascertain the news. Ordinary comforts improved by absence and privations. Forlorn state of the expedition. Unfavorable reports from Grenada and St. Vincent. Arrival of Sir Ralph Abercromby:—its effects. Cork fleet at sea. Uncertainties of a sea voyage. Arrival of the General Cuyler after imminent perils. Dutch mode of punishment. Horrors excited by a leaky ship_ 228