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The doctor saw no objection , so we soon had a splendid pine sliced up , and I held a thin piece to the poor little sufferer 's lips . It refreshed him greatly , and after another draught of the acid mixture he settled down more comfortably than he had been at all . When I turned him over to the doctor at last and left the cabin , there seemed to be some slight improvement in his condition . In the early dawn of the following morning we anchored in Carlisle Bay , Barbadoes , and by noon poor little Fisher had been safely conveyed on shore and lodged in the colonel 's residence near Needham Point , where he would have all the ladies belonging to the garrison to nurse him , and be conveniently situated for frequent visits from the staff-surgeon . Our prizes of course had not arrived , so , having seen little Fisher comfortably bestowed , landed our silver at the dockyard , and handed over our prisoners to the proper authorities , we weighed again that same evening , and proceeded northward upon our cruise . When off Martinique , which had fallen into our hands in the early part of the preceding year , we spoke the British frigate `` Blanche , '' steering towards Barbadoes . Her skipper came on board the `` Astarte , '' and , in reply to Captain Annesley 's inquiries , reported that they had done nothing since the capture of the French frigate `` Pique '' in January , on which occasion Captain Faulkner , the former skipper of the `` Blanche '' and a most promising officer , was killed .