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Sir George was most kind and pressing; for the regard he bore her husband, he assured Mistress Audley that she should be put to no expense, and as the ship was large and well-found, she might hope to have a prosperous voyage, with fewer discomforts than are the lot generally of those who tempt the dangers of the sea.
The Concordia was a beamy ship in proportion to her length, and she carried a full poop extending forward to within about twenty feet of her mainmast, underneath which was a handsome saloon, or cuddy, fitted with berth accommodation for twenty passengers; for although the steam liners have, for all practical purposes, absorbed the passenger traffic, there still remains a small residue of the travelling public who, either for health or economy's sake, choose a well-found, well-built sailing clipper when they desire to make a sea voyage.
"Rather a strong crew, skipper," said the lieutenant sharply. "Yes, sir; picked men," replied Captain Chubb. "And there's a look about them of the able seaman, R.N." "Perhaps so, sir," replied the skipper, who gazed bluntly back at the intruder. "Well-found schooner, skipper, and carries a press of sail." "Yes, sir. Very smart craft," replied the skipper.
ABOUT a fortnight subsequent to the period of the last chapter, Mrs. Huntington and her daughter, with a single attendant found themselves embarked on board the Bengal, a large, well-found Indiaman, bound for Liverpool. The ship belonged to the East India Company, was a good carrier, but calculated more for freight than speed.
The smart agent reads his report glibly to the directors of a steamboat company and yet I have seen such smart agents superintending the departure of vessels whereof the appearance was enough to make a good judge quake for the safety of crew and cargo. What do I advise? Well, in the first place, I must remind shoregoing folk that a sound well-found vessel will live through anything.
The Southern Cross was a well-found ship, Captain Harper, an upright man and a good seaman, and with the other officers and the crew, Charley was on his first acquaintance tolerably well pleased.
To a boy like me he seemed very old, being over twenty, and well-found in beard; but he was not more than four-and-twenty, fresh and ruddy looking, with a short nose and keen blue eyes, and a merry waggish jerk about him, as if the world were not in earnest. 'Well, young uns, what be gaping at? He gave pretty Annie a chuck on the chin, and took me all in without winking.
He had most carefully and minutely arranged for the flotation of the company at the time when Matheson would be on the high seas and out of touch with London news. The "Starlight" was a well-found yacht, capable of weathering any North Sea gale. She had oil-engines to supplement her sailing power. She was provisioned for a month. Rough weather would not drive her back to harbour.
We started forthwith. The Dainty was even more suited for our object than we had expected. She had well fitted up cabins, like those of a yacht, with a hold large enough for all the cargo and stores we might wish to stow was well-found and in capital condition; so Harry at once made an offer for her, which being accepted, the Dainty became his. In the evening Harry said what he had done.
Here I am shipwrecked and lost on a well-found ship, an' sink me, I ain't even able to change me clothes, one piece at a time." "Ye'll soon be ashore agin, old feller," said Trunnell, "an' then ye'll have licker an' clothes in plenty." "What's licker to me?" said the old man. "Why, meat an' drink, when ye has to quit it off sudden like," said Trunnell. "It's clothes I wants, not no rum.
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