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His parentage Early voyages Sails for Jamaica as a planter Visits Bay of Campeachy Turns logwood-cutter His adventures Joins the buccaneers Succeeds Returns to England Marries Again goes to Jamaica Captured by buccaneers, and takes part in several expeditions in the South Sea Recrosses the Isthmus of Darien, and reaches the Samballas Islands Joins Captain Tristan The prizes sold to the Dutch Goes to Virginia Joins the Revenge Captain Cook sails for the South Seas Puts into the Sherbro' River Cook treacherously captures a Dane The name of the Bachelor's Delight given to her Cape Horn doubled Steers for Juan Fernandez Falls in with the Nicholas Meeting of the Mosquito Indians, Will and Robin, at Juan Fernandez Several vessels captured on the coast A design on Truxillo abandoned Death of Cook Buried on shore Narrow escape of the party on shore Davis elected captain Transactions at Amapalla Eaton and Davis separate Davis joined by other pirates Paita attacked and burnt Attempt on Guayaquil abandoned A packet-boat captured Hear of the sailing of the Plata fleet Lay in wait for it off New Panama Attempts of the Spaniards with a fire-ship Large parties of pirates unite Plan to attack Panama Encounters a Spanish fleet Stratagem of the Spaniards to place the pirates in a disadvantageous position The Spanish fleet escapes Lexa and Leon plundered Swan proposes to cross the Pacific Santa Pecaque plundered A large body of the rovers massacred The prisoners set on shore on a desert island The Cygnet prepared for crossing the Pacific Dampier cured of a dropsy.
"I should think not!" exclaimed Berkeley; "I've heard tell of a crew taking the ship from their officers, and sailing away, either to live the life of free rovers of the ocean, or to carry her into some foreign port where they have sold her for a large sum of money, and divided the profits among themselves.
"Who is he?" asked Frank. "It is Barney Ropes," replied Tony. "He is as big a rascal as there is out of jail." "Here they come." "Suppose we give them a volley of stones," suggested Fred Harper. "No!" said Frank, firmly. The boat was pulling parallel with the shore, and not more than ten rods from it. The Rovers yelled, and indulged freely in coarse and abusive language, as they approached.
Brother Step-and-Fetch-It, whose very long beard had a confusing suggestion of being a part of the leader's buffalo robe, lifted her gently in his arms and carried her to the Red Rovers in turn. Each one bestowed a kiss upon her cheek or forehead, and would have taken her in his arms, or on his knees, or otherwise lingered over his salute, but they were sternly restrained by their leader.
The first mate seemed to suspect their intentions, for he remained on deck, and when the wind drew more from the east which it did shortly after noon, kept the ship away to the south-east. "The fellow will be running us on shore, or we shall be falling in with some Sallee rovers, for we cannot be far off their coast by this time," said Stephen.
Be sure and stop when you pass here again. My name is John Kling." "We'll spend a week with you next time," returned Ned, as he grasped his paddle. "Please have the dam mended before then," drawled Nugget. The miller laughed and waved his hand, and amid a chorus of "good-byes" the Jolly Rovers paddled away from shore.
Dan Baxter had heard something about their search for the fortune on Treasure Isle, and as they walked over to the hotel for lunch the Rovers gave him some of the details. In return he told them of some of his experiences on the road while representing a carpet house and another concern, as well as the jewelry manufacturers.
Fine stalwart men to the number of sixty were present free rovers of the sea, men who never call any one master, with all the characteristic independence and even dignity of those who follow the sea. There was present the coxswain of the lifeboat, and there were present also most of the men who manned the lifeboat a few hours afterwards.
The Romans had become masters of the world, only that the sea from one end of their dominions to the other should be patrolled by organized rovers. For many years, as Roman commerce extended, the Mediterranean had become a profitable field of enterprise for those gentry.
"Dat Rabatt; they call it also Sallee," said Jumbo. "Why, that is the place where the Sallee rovers sail from!" exclaimed Roger. "For what we can tell, the one who attacked us came from there." "I think she was an Algerine; Captain Roberts thought so," remarked Stephen. Descending from the high ground they had been traversing they crossed a river, the third they had passed since morning.
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