which ship he continued until paid off, in May 1810. From this period we lose sight of him until April 3d, 1823, when he joined the Larne sloop, Captain Frederick Marryat, fitting out at Portsmouth, for the East India station.
In Feb. 1824, the Larne was ordered hy Commodore Charles Grant, to join the expedition then preparing at Calcutta for the invasion of the dominions of Ava:– the following is an outline of the services performed by Lieutenant Dobson during the Burmese war. A “Narrative of the Naval Operations,” from the commencement to the final termination of that contest, is given as an Appendix to Vol III. Part I.
On the 14th May, 1824, three days after the capture of Rangoon, he assisted Captain David Ross, of the Indian army, in taking possession of Dalla. On the four following days, the boats of the Larne, under his directions, were employed in placing fire-booms across the river, about a mile above Rangoon. On the 19th, he went down the river with seven boats, to attack a four gun battery, but found it dismantled and the cannon buried. On the 20th, he went up the Dalla creek, and captured eight large vessels laden with paddy and dried fish. On the 21st, he was again employed about the fire-booms, the grapnels already attached to them having been found of insufficient weight to resist the strength of the tide. On the 22d, he was taken very ill, from his having been wet through for many hours daily, and continually exposed to the weather. On the 15th July, being then convalescent, he was ordered by Captain Marryat to take the command of the Satellite armed transport, and to carry on the naval duties at Rangoon during the temporary absence of the Larne. On the 19th and 20th of the same month, he conducted a reconnoitring party nearly thirty-five miles up the Puzendown creek, and assisted in releasing a few families who were desirous of returning to Rangoon, from whence they had been driven by their armed countrymen on the approach of the invading forces[1]. On the 31st
