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1 Viii-inch shell gun68 lbs. ——— Total, 8 guns Blake says in his report that there was also a rifled 24-pchase, she overhauled the stranger, led her captain, Blake, to suspect that he was being played with, and that he squadron, and waited for the Hatteras to come up. Blake had resolved to run up as close as possible, and if Her Majesty's ship Petrel. This gentle ruse lulled Blake's suspicions, and he gave orders to send a boat on board the stranger. The Alabama only waited for Blake's reply to her hail, to make sure of his nationality; andg to get on board; but the Alabama passed ahead, and Blake, though he came very near—being not more than thirtyp on both sides; but out of fifty shots estimated by Blake to have been fired from his vessel, only seven hit tm was shot away. Desperate as his position now was, Blake, with the tenacity that was characteristic of him, hand sinking fast, and his engine and pumps disabled, Blake saw that a few moments of delay would only result i