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On their arrival there they found a stiff south-west wind blowing, and the bay covered with white-caps. They had not tried the Blanchita in anything like a heavy sea, though the rajah had declared that she was a very able and weatherly sea-boat. Captain Scott was very glad of the opportunity to test her behavior in rough weather. He went to the helm himself as the boat came out of the Sadong.
Breakfast was ready at half-past six; and at half-past seven the Blanchita got under way with a native pilot for the river, who could speak pidgin English. The party were in a frolicsome mood; and they went off singing a song, to the great astonishment of the native boat-people. Mr. Psi-ning joined with them; for he had learned the tunes in the United States, where he had travelled extensively.
"We intend to sail for Point Cambodia to-morrow to rejoin our ship," said the captain of the Blanchita, after the fish had been sent on board. "In this little tub of yours?" asked the commander of the Delhi with a smile of incredulity. "Is this part of the China Sea subject to violent seas?" "Not at just this season of the year.
"She is gaining on us a little," added Louis. "I see she is; but the engineer has thrown another shovelful of coal into the furnace, and I wish to see the effect it will produce. He has opened his valve a little, but he has not steam enough yet." But it was soon evident to all who understood the matter that the Blanchita was gaining on her consort.
"If any of the party wish to learn more of the Dyaks, their manners and customs, present and past, you will find a work in two volumes, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, entitled, 'The Uncivilized Races of Men; and you will find that the author often quotes from Rajah Brooke." The Blanchita continued on her course up the river with Clingman at the wheel.
"Where is he, Mr. Scott?" "I am sorry to say that he was swallowed by a big boa-constrictor one hundred and sixty feet long, and twelve feet in circumference," replied the captain of the Blanchita, as seriously as though there had been such a monster snake in existence. The poor lady was impervious to a joke; she screamed once, and then dropped in a sitting posture on a divan.
The Blanchita made a landing near the bridge, on the Binondo side; and all the passengers went on shore. The Pasig flowed from east to west in the city; and landing on the north side of the stream, the tourists soon came to the Escolto, which extended both ways parallel to the river.
After he saw that blows with the weapon accomplished nothing, he plunged the blade into the body of the brute several times in quick succession. These stabs ended the battle. The orang rolled over, and then did not move again. Both of the human combatants then walked down to the Blanchita, one of them limping badly. They showed their wounds, and through Achang asked to be "doctored."
I should like it better to sail the Blanchita with less cargo in her, but she is doing splendidly." "But a flaw might come, even if we have had none to-day; what could you do in that case?" asked Louis. "Clingman, stand by the sheet!" called the captain. The seaman was seated on a box not more than three feet from the cleat at which the sheet was made fast. He took his place within reach of it.
Scott was not a reckless navigator; and his companions had voyaged with him on stormy seas several times in the Maud, though she was a better sea-going craft than the Blanchita. She was decked over her entire length, so that she could be closed as tight as the inside of a barrel, while the steam-launch was an open boat.
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