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It is not easy to conceive a worse situation than that in which Captain Dampier was left at the close of the year 1704, when Mr Funnell and his people separated from him, being only able to retain twenty-eight of his men, and even these were prevailed upon to stay, by representing that it was easy to surprise some Spanish village, and that the fewer they were, each would have the greater share in the plunder.
Further, it has enabled the young man to spend money in a prodigal fashion over what even he now acknowledges to have been a hopeless quest, though even at the present moment detectives in every capital in Europe are watching for a clue which may afford some notion as to the whereabouts of John Dampier. John Dampier?
She tells herself that at last he has brought news. That if he did not tell her so last night it was because he wished her to have one more night of peace of late poor Nancy's nights have become very peaceful. John Dampier?
On the way the vessel fell in with a squadron of three noted pirates, Coxon, Sawkins, and Sharp. The whole of the crew of the merchantman joining them, Dampier was compelled to go with them also. Soon afterwards Porto Bello was sacked by two hundred of the pirates, each of whom obtained as his share one hundred and sixty pieces of eight.
For this favor Selkirk was indebted to the solicitations of Dampier.
Dampier was murdered, if not by the Poulains, then by some friend of theirs in the Hotel Saint Ange. The foolish fellow has as good as said so to more than one of our officials." "I know such is Mr. Burton's theory," answered Mr. Stephens frankly, "and it is one very difficult to shake.
I thought Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier, Lord Anson and Captain Cook were nothing to him at all events, that I would far rather hear the narrative of his adventures than read theirs.
Nancy Dampier, gazing at them, a little surprised at the abrupt apparition, told herself that they must be brother and sister, so striking was their resemblance to one another. "We found the porte cochere open, Madame Poulain, so we just came straight in. Good night!"
Dampier with the unkindness Gerald's father had suggested and that as the outcome of a trifling quarrel? No! Gerald Burton's generous nature revolted from such a notion. And yet and yet his father thought it quite possible!
It has prodigious strength, while in the water, and preys mostly on flying fish, as do dolphins and bonetoes. On the 6th of this month, a new revolution took place in our affairs, as thirty of our men agreed to remain along with Captain Dampier in the South Sea; but with what view or on what terms, we others, who were not in the secret, never knew.
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