height of twenty-one feet perpendicular above its uſual furface, and its billows broke upwards of one hundred yards from the common ſhore. It deſtroyed ſeveral houſes in front of the beach, drove ſeveral ſmall veſſels from their anchors, and carried them up into the town; other veſſels foundered, or were daſhed to pieces in the night-time; the dead bodies of the crews, with the pieces of the veſſels, were driven on ſhore, and the morning of next day exhibited the moſt ſhocking ſpectacle of its unbounded fury.
The fortifications of Roſeau are, Young's Fort, Melville's Battery, Bruce's Hill Batteries, and Fort Demoullin.
Young's Fort is juſt oppoſite the Government-houſe, from the front wall of which it is ſeparated only by the highway. It is well mounted with cannon, has a powder magazine, an arſenal for ſmall arms, and commo-
