[52] Author's italics.
[53] Hailed to stop firing because the "San Nicolas" had surrendered.
[54] See ante, page 89.
[55] That is, at sea, the main fleet being still in the Tagus.
[56] Cut, or let go, the cables,—leaving the anchor in haste, instead of raising it from the bottom.
[57] The British seamen.
[58] The night conflict with the Spanish launches.
CHAPTER IX.
THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AGAINST TENERIFFE.—NELSON LOSES HIS RIGHT ARM.—RETURN TO ENGLAND.—REJOINS ST. VINCENT'S FLEET, AND SENT INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN TO WATCH THE TOULON ARMAMENT.