Excerpt from The European Magazine: For January 1798 He early was devoted to the ferrite of his country in the Navy, and onthe 25th of February.1761, was made a' Captain in the thip the Valiant; on the 24th of September 1787, he was advanced to the polt of rear-admiral; became Vice Admiral in 1793, and Admiral of the Blue in 1795. He was foon notioed by the late Lord Keppel, and was with him at the taking of Havanna 'and when that Nobleman was made an Admiral, he chofe his friend Duncan for his Captain, and he was afterwards one of the Mem bers on his Court Martial. 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.