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“...Under the shelter of Cowell’s battery
are the wharves formerly owned by the Hamburg-
American line. Away to the west he the islands of
Culebra and Vieques, and to the east St. John, Tortola,
and several small islets of the Virgin group. To the
south lies St. Croix. Out to sea is the historic Sail Bock
which, during the American War, received severe
punishment from the captain of a French frigate who
mistook it for an enemy ship. He hailed it through his
trumpet, and his shouts were returned by an echo.
Failing to obtain satisfaction he then fired a broadside,
the thunder of which reverberated from the rock....”
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