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The Japanese, who were faithless, and did this with evil intent, towed the ship into the port, leading and guiding it onto a shoal, where, for lack of water, it touched and grounded. Therefore the Spaniards were obliged to unload the ship and take all the cargo ashore close to the town, to a stockade which was given them for that purpose.
Early on the morning of the 3rd of July, the whole of our stores being removed, and Lieutenant Pritchard having received his orders, together with our despatches and letters for England, the William Harris weighed with a light wind from the northward, and was towed out to sea by our boats.
And yet had it been twice as bad, what we have seen would have more than repaid us, though it has been no child's play to get to see it. But I must begin where I left off in my last letter, just, I think, as we were getting under way, to be towed by the "Reine Hortense" out of Reykjavik Harbour.
You never heard of my old uncle, did you? Come with me to him, and see me make it up; for I can't leave you this way, Katie, I just can't!" "Larry!" says she, and with that they goes to a fond clinch. "Help!" says I, and slides through the door. When I gets home Sadie wants to know what I've done with Mr. Bolan. "Towed him up to Hymen's gate," says I, "and left him bein' yanked through by Mrs.
It would never do to take in sail, for the ever-watchful pirates would think it strange. So spare sails and buckets were towed astern to act as a drag, for fear they should reach their goal too early. The men now hid themselves by lying flat upon the deck, behind the bulwarks, the rails, and the masts. Only a few persons, dressed like Maltese sailors, could be seen.
The captain was very sulky when he heard the story; he had imagined it to be a dead whale, and had ordered it to be towed alongside, to cut off the blubber. Disappointed in his expectations, he swore that I was a Jonas, who had come out of the whale's belly, and there would be no luck in the ship, if I remained.
She nibbled her leisurely way downhill till it was near milking-time, then she struck for home and towed him into Zermatt. We went into camp on that wild spot to which that ram had brought us. The men were greatly fatigued.
In this condition the boat drifted under the enemy's battery, when a hot fire was poured into her. All probably would have been killed or taken prisoners, had not George Ingouville, one of the Arrogant's crew, though already wounded, of his own accord jumped overboard, and, taking the painter in hand, towed her off the shore.
"We towed down to the Hook and out over the bar, and then put the muslin on to her with a fine breeze from sou'west, and I supposes there weren't a happier man in the world than old Wiggins when he discharged the pilot and steamer and took charge. "'I've giv' 'em the slip, says he to the mate.
Finally he came to the last one, a very large ship, but it looked, like a rusty, broken-to-pieces tin can, its masts, smokestacks and bridges had evidently been blown or swept off. We were awed by the sight and said, "This looks bad." "Yes," he said, "that was the trying hour of my life, it was in a typhoon off the coast of Sidney, Australia. This is how it looked when we were towed in."
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