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"What schooner is that?" I turned to one of the men who was standing near me and asked, in the most natural manner in the world, "What did he say?" "The Conkistee something, of Hawaner, it sounded like to me, sir," answered the man. "What did you say?" I yelled at the brig, raising the trumpet again to my mouth. "The Con-quist-a-dor, of Havana. What schooner is that?"
My interlocutor, who was evidently the skipper of the brig, stamped on the deck with vexation as he raised his hands to his mouth, and yelled at the top of his voice "The Con-quist-a-dor, of Havana! Do not sheer so close to me, if you please, senor. You will be foul of me if you do not look out!"
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