twenty 24-pounders, and having a crew of 90 men. She had been sailing from Bayonne with a cargo of wine, silks, brandy, and the like. Curlew captured the Sally on 24 April. She was of 143 tons burthen, out of Salem, and sailing to St Margaret's. On 2 May the American frigates and fell in with Curlew. Fortunately for Curlew, Head was able to out-sail them and escape. Nineteen days later, Curlew and the frigate Tenedos captured the American privateer schooner Enterprise, of four guns and 91 men, out of Salem. Enterprise had been on a four-month-long cruise off Brazil but had not taken any prizes. On 26 May, Curlew and recaptured the brig Thomas and Sally, R.Stocks, master. In July, Curlew captured three small schooners. She captured two on 7 July, Swift, of 63 tons bm, from Cape cod to Ipswich, and Two Brothers, 53 tons bm, from Kennebeck, and also sailing to Ipswich. Two days later Curlew captured the schooner Precilla, of 61 tons bm, sailing to Boston. Then almost a month later, on 7 August, Curlew captured the sloop Eunice. In between, on 8 July, Curlew was in sight when Hogue captured Fanny. In August 1813, Curlew and Nymphe captured three small prizes. On 12 August they took the fishing vessel The Gennet. Then five days later they captured the sloop Endeavor, sailing from Castine to Boston. In between, on 14 August, Nymphes yawl (armed with a carronade), and supported by Curlews boats, chased a schooner for eight hours off Cape Cod, in little wind, before they captured her. The schooner was the letter of marque , of 157 tons burthen, 20 men, and pierced for 16 guns but carrying four, two 12-pounders and two 9-pounders. In March 1814 the American privateer captured Union, Rennie, master, sailing from Jamaica to Glasgow. Curlew recaptured Union off Cape Sable. Unfortunately, Union was lost off Sambro Light during the night of 31 March. Only a few bags of cotton and some rigging were saved. On 9 April 1814 Curlew captured the brig Plutus. Then on 4 May she captured the Spanish brig Maria Francisca, which Victorious had earlier captured, as had . On 25 May Curlew recaptured Ontario. That same day, together with , she recaptured the brig Two Brothers. The next day, Curlew and Martin recaptured the brig Thomas and Sally. On 25 May Curlew and Martin recaptured the