Excerpt from Life and Letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Vol. 3 of 3: First Earl of Minto, From 1751 to 1806 Hydra, was in the papers ten days ago. She was blown up in the presence of a body of French cavalry drawn up on the shore, and she contained brass artillery and stores, probably for Ireland.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.