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Soon the Pharaoh perceived from the top of the terrace the boats cleaving the stream under the impulse of the rowers, and his messengers scattering on the other bank through the country.
On board the canoes the pirates were loading the guns and encouraging the natives. Bernardo de Soto and Francisco Ruiz were conspicuous, in manoeuvring the negro boats for battle, and commenced a straggling fire upon the English boats. In them all was still, each man had a cutlass by his side, and a loaded musket in his hand.
Yet, although he little dreamed it, this very accident was to give him the long-looked-for-opportunity. One afternoon in the latter part of May the Sophie Sutherland rolled sluggishly in a breathless calm. The seals were abundant, the hunting good, and the boats were all away and out of sight. And with them was almost every man of the crew.
"And I want to see the cat," added Rose, "Is her name Muffin?" "That's her name," said Grandma Bell. "And I call my dog Zip because he runs around so much. But you'd better rest a bit first, and eat. Then you can go out and see things." "I want to see the lake!" exclaimed Laddie. "Can we sail boats on it?" "Now, first of all," said Mr.
When the boats were at last filled they pushed off and rowed towards the rock. On approaching it the men were cautioned to pull steadily by Mr. Stevenson, who steered the leading boat.
There were a good many people there, and the water all round was alive with boats and shipping of every description, but Lucia's eyes naturally turned from the more familiar objects to the unfamiliar and welcome sight of land. A strange land, truly! For the wider features of the scene she had at first no thought. Nature is everywhere the same, through all her changes.
The thought of a brush-up put dash and daring into them; they had the boats cleared, the water-barrels filled, and the life-belts free, with an activity that was remarkable.
Rogers came round through the woods; and as the attention of the enemy was given entirely to us, he and his party made a rush and joined us. The enemy had us pretty well surrounded, but we broke through them, losing eight men. We rallied at our boats, and returned home. By the 28th of June the whole army under General Abercrombie had arrived at Lake George.
Now, Reardon, down with the other two boats, and save every poor wretch you can." "Only one left, sir," cried Mr Reardon; and in a few minutes, fully manned, she was about to be lowered down, when I looked quickly at the captain, and he read my meaning. "Want to go?" he said, and then nodded sharply.
His father encouraged him in his little feats of construction of a similar kind, and he proceeded to make and rig miniature boats and ships, and then miniature wind and water mills, in which last art he acquired such expertness that he had sometimes five or six mills going at a time.
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