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As we drew near, carried rapidly along by the current, we overhauled our chain, and clewed up the topsails. ``Let go the anchor! said the captain; but either there was not chain enough forward of the windlass, or the anchor went down foul, or we had too much headway on, for it did not bring us up. ``Pay out chain! shouted the captain; and we gave it to her; but it would not do.
Once past the equinoctial line a passage which does not at that time seem to have been celebrated by the grotesque ceremony of baptism which is in vogue at the present day they steered for Brazil, where, on the 13th of December, 1519, the fleet cast anchor in the magnificent port of Santa Lucia, now known under the name of Rio Janeiro.
The crest an anchor winged, I think it is, and the motto too tedious: "Regio floret, patrocinio commercium, commercioque Regnum."
The vast forms of steamers at anchor chiefly those of the General Steam Navigation and the Aberdeen Line heaved themselves high out of the water, straining sluggishly at their mooring buoys. On either side the naked walls of warehouses rose like grey precipices from the stream, holding forth quaint arms of steam-cranes.
Reckon the best and only thing we can do, is down boats, and then slip cable right-away. We might get a show then to lay along the reef, and get clear." "I'm not going to lose a new cable and anchor to please any one," was the stupid reply. Then he sang out to the men to man the windlass.
"Besides, we are two to one, and in all constitutional governments the majority rules." "Have you both made up your minds?" inquired Willis. "Yes, we are quite decided." "In that case," said Willis, "let us hoist the anchor and be off home." "Home! but we are determined to have the skins first." "No, you are not," said Willis; "I know you better than you know yourselves.
All day long, signals had been kept flying for the fleet, two miles below, to come up to the fort; but although these could be plainly seen, not a ship weighed anchor. When the fire of the enemy slackened, Charlie went to Mr. Holwell. "It is impossible, sir," he said, "that the fort can hold out; for in another three or four days, the whole of the garrison will be killed.
We therefore shortened sail, and, passing very near the whaler, they hailed us; but it blew so fresh that we did not hear what they said; and, having increased our distance from the whaler to what was judged proper, let go the anchor.
As may easily be imagined, we were all excitement after this; and I proposed that, as soon as dinner was over, we should move the cutter down and anchor her upon the bed, and devote the remainder of the afternoon to systematic pearl-fishing. The proposition was rapturously received, Ella declaring that she had often read of pearl-fishing, and should very much like to witness the operation.
We took the kindnesses we received as attentions thus directed, of course, and not to ourselves as a party. That we felt a personal pride in being received as the representatives of a nation, we do not deny; that we felt a national pride in the warm cordiality of that reception, can not be doubted. Our poet has been rigidly suppressed, from the time we let go the anchor.
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