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Patagonian don't care for flag nor not'in' else I trust e my leg, an' he get to de boat jus' when cap-i-tan come to rescue." "Was you on board an Englishman then, Manuel?" inquired the shipmate. "Yes, I'm always sail in English ship, because I can get protection from flag and consul, where I go any part of globe," said he.
"Nora-ma Gazine no catch-e me, Cap-i-tan, if me go ashore, 'case me no make trouble in no part de world where me sail, Oh! no, Cap-i-tan, Manuel know how to mine dis bisness," said he returning again to the Captain. "Yes, yes, Manuel, but we can't let the crew go ashore 'till we get through the custom-house; you must content yourself to-night, and in the morning 'twill be all right.
"When I gib de stove fire, den me gib de Cap-i-tan, wid de crew, some good breakfas," said he with a gleam of satisfaction. This individual, reader, was Manuel Pereira, or, as he was called by his shipmates, Pe-rah-re. Manuel was born in Brazil, an extract of the Indians and Spanish, claiming birthright of the Portuguese nation.
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