 She was carrying a cargo of "sundry articles" and was on her way to Mauritius when "Dublin" recaptured her after a five-hour chase.Dutertre captained the 12-gun privateer "Malartic", with a 100 to 120-man crew.He was a friend and rival to Robert Surcouf in the Indian Ocean, one of whose several captured British East Indiamen was carrying the theodolite that would be used to triangulate the Indies and then measure the height of Mount Everest – this was returned "with compliments, for science".