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Is it then possible, however much we may resist the conclusion in loyalty to the eighteenth-century tradition, that the rise of a new naval Power in the room of Holland must bring us back to the drastic, if crude, methods of the Dutch wars, and force us to tread under foot the nicer ingenuity of Anson's system?
You are not my husband not my slave. But, to be less personal, Mr. Anson's wife was not responsible for his loving her. Love, as I take it, is a voluntary thing. It pleased him to love her he would not have done it if it did not please him; probably his love was an inconvenient thing domestically if he had no tact." "Of that," I said, "neither you nor I can know with any certainty.
"I I hope I hit him a little." "Wal, if you didn't sting him, then Jim Wilson knows nothin' about lead." "Jim Wilson? Are you the man the outlaw my uncle Al knew?" "Reckon I am, miss. Fer I knowed Al shore enough. What 'd he say aboot me?" "I remember once he was telling me about Snake Anson's gang. He mentioned you. Said you were a real gun-fighter.
Just at this time we saw a sea-lion rise twice near the shore, the head of which exactly resembled that of the male which has been described in the account of Lord Anson's voyage. We also saw some of the natives in a canoe cross the bay, and a village situated upon the point of an island which lies seven or eight miles within the entrance.
"Snake, I'll bet you my hoss an' my gun ag'in' a biscuit thet in aboot six seconds more or less I'll be stampedin like them hosses." Anson's lean jaw dropped. The other two outlaws stared with round eyes. Wilson was not drunk, they evidently knew; but what he really was appeared a mystery. "Jim Wilson, are you showin' yellow?" queried Anson, hoarsely. "Mebbe. The Lord only knows.
This was especially necessary in those seas, where rocks and reefs abound; and though they are far better known than in Lord Anson's days, yet there are many parts but imperfectly explored. Wherever the ship touched, Ben made his usual anxious inquiries for Ned. He, as before, frequently heard of Englishmen living with the savages; but they did not answer to the description of his brother.
Texans are all over. There's Jim Wilson, Snake Anson's right-hand man. He's from Texas. But thet ain't scarin' any one." He pointed toward Wilson, who shifted uneasily from foot to foot. The girl's flaming glance followed his hand. "Are you from Texas?" she asked. "Yes, Miss, I am an' I reckon I don't deserve it," replied Wilson. It was certain that a vague shame attended his confession. "Oh!
War with Spain Original plan of expedition abandoned The Centurion and other ships ordered to form a squadron under Commodore Anson Miserable equipment Ships overladen Drop down Channel Cross Atlantic, and pass through the Straits of Le Maire Bad weather comes on Two of the ships nearly wrecked Severn and Pearl lost sight of Centurion in fearful danger Scurvy breaks out, and numbers die Anchors at Juan Fernandez The sick landed The Trial joins her Goats found marked by Alexander Selkirk The Gloucester comes off the island Long time in getting in The Anna Pink appears The Centurion goes in chase of a stranger Takes a prize Crew and stores of the Anna Pink transferred to Centurion The Trial takes a prize, and crew and stores being removed into the prize, she is destroyed Females taken on board a prize courteously treated Paita attacked and captured The seamen dress up in the Spaniards' clothes Booty taken The town burnt Spaniards acknowledge Anson's generous treatment of his female prisoners The squadron lays in wait for the Manilla galleon Negroes enter on board as seamen Miss the galleon Preparations for crossing the Pacific Prizes turned adrift The Gloucester abandoned Her crew taken on board Centurion Scurvy again breaks out Fearful mortality The Ladrones sighted Centurion brings up off Tinian Sick landed She is driven out to sea Great anxiety A vessel commenced The ship appears Reaches Macao Repaired Fresh men shipped Sails to watch for the galleon Her capture The Centurion on fire Anson's coolness Sails with his prize for Canton Roguery of the Chinese Anson and his men extinguish a fire at Canton Sails for England Hears of the war with France Narrow escape from a French fleet.
Howe embarked with Anson's squadron, celebrated for its sufferings, its persistence, and its achievements, to waste the Spanish colonies of the Pacific; but the ship in which he had started was so racked in the attempt to double Cape Horn that she was forced to return to England. The young officer afterwards served actively in the West Indies and in home waters.
The latter, with Spanish courtesy, when answering Anson's letter, despatched with his answer "a present of two boats laden with the choicest refreshments and provisions which were to be found in Acapulco."
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