Bonaparte sailed in the "Orient", a fine boat of 120 guns.
As she left the harbour, being very heavily laden, she drew too much water and touched the bottom, causing a short time of confusion among the fleet. The boatswain's mate, Boyer, of the "Guillaume Tell", in which my father was sailing, shook his head gloomily.
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