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"Why then, Lord love you, Martin hasten!" says he, "For tide's falling and it's all we shall do to clear the reef." Reaching Deliverance Sands I saw the boat already launched and manned and, wading into the water, laid my lady in the stern sheets. "Come!" cried Adam, reaching me his hand, "In with ye man " "Not I, Adam." "Why, what now, comrade?" says he, staring.
Guards were stationed and all openings and windows manned. Singularly enough, these defensive actions seemed at least, temporarily unnecessary, for the watchers peering out of the windows reported that the dead alone occupied the recent field of battle. Not a single Filipino was to be seen on the plaza. Every village has its convent or barrios.
But our arrival put an entirely new phase upon this part of the business. We got out our tube-boat, and put her together and rigged her; and then we six men four whites and the two natives, who were strong, active lads manned her and the cutter, and proceeded to the wreck, where we combined our forces in taking apart such portions of the wreck as we thought most suitable for our purpose.
Not a light was allowed to be shown, lest it might be observed by any sleepless eye on shore and as little noise as possible was made, lest any ear might hear it. The moment the anchors were let go, the boats were got out and manned, and rapidly collected round the Ione.
The ship was armed and well manned; and while Lewars, a brother-excisemen, posted to Dumfries for a guard of dragoons, Burns, with a few men under him, watched to prevent landing or escape. It was while impatiently waiting Lewars's return that he composed this song. When the dragoons arrived Burns put himself at their head, and wading, sword in hand, was the first to board the smuggler.
The ships' boats were, of course, rowed by the blue-jackets. The other craft were, for the most part, manned by natives; though the soldiers on board occasionally lent a hand. Two days after starting, the boats destroyed three newly-erected stockades, that were found unoccupied; and on the 19th reached Pellang, where three very strong stockades had been erected.
A strongly walled town as Drogheda was, well manned, and easily accessible from the sea, cannot be carried without guns and engineers by any amount of physical courage.
She was, as you are aware, well armed and well manned, and I can answer for it that Owen Massey would not have been taken by surprise, and would have beaten off in a fair fight any such craft, as he would any privateer of equal or, I may venture to say, of considerably superior force.
Happily, most happily, when he renewed the assaults upon our lines, it was upon those portions manned by reserve divisions, troops that had not been seriously engaged, and had had time to steady their nerves, and to select favorable positions. As for myself and comrades, we had become accustomed to the situation somewhat.
"If a boat built and manned by human hands can live in this sea, there is one this moment in Hamna Voe as well able to do so as any which floats on water," answered Maitland. "Some of her crew may be at their hut even now, though the gale will have given those who live nearest a holiday, and they probably have gone to their houses."
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