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Arrah! it was an unfortunate moment that ever I was brought to tumble twice into the hands of such gentry." "We are not in their hands yet, and if we make a good fight of it, maybe we never shall," exclaimed Captain Hassall. "My lads, if you'll stand by me, I'll hold out as long as the craft can float. We beat off this same fellow once before let's try if we can't beat him off again."
"Well, Braithwaite, I shall never despair of your turning up safe!" exclaimed Captain Hassall, shaking my hand warmly as I stepped on the deck of the Barbara. "You saved the ship and cargo by your promptness, for had I not got your message by young Jack there I should have been captured to a certainty.
H. M. Baird, The Huguenots and the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 2 vols. , a detailed study by a warm partisan of the French Protestants. V . The best account of the minority of Louis XV is that of J. B. Perkins, France under the Regency ; a brief summary is Arthur Hassall, The Balance of Power, 1715-1789 , ch. i-iv.
Finding that our trading expedition to the Pacific Islands was not likely to prove of advantage to our owners, Captain Hassall and I resolved to proceed home at once round Cape Horn. We happily accomplished our voyage without accident and without any further occurrence worthy of note. Our path was no longer beset by hostile cruisers, for there was a lull in the affairs of Europe.
I was anxious that the Barbara should escape, they that she should be caught. I knew for one, though, that if good seamanship would enable him to get away, Captain Hassall would give his pursuers the slip. I knew too that he would not be taken, even if the boats should catch him up, without a fight. My earnest hope was therefore that the breeze might continue.
"It is the only thing they can do to save their lives," observed Hassall, watching them through his glass. "And see, yes there is a woman on board a lady by her dress. She is clinging to the windlass probably secured to it." As he was speaking, the mizen-mast came down, followed quickly by the mainmast, which happily fell towards the shore. Again a surge covered the vessel.
Hassall records a case where it continued for nineteen minutes. The time, however, varies greatly, as in some cases the motion ceases almost as soon as the spore is liberated, while in open water, unretarded by the cover glass or other obstacles, its movements have been seen to continue for over two hours.
A naval officer, whose name I regret that I did not note, volunteered to take the command, and to go alongside the wreck, if volunteers could be found to man her. Hassall at once offered his services, as did several other masters of merchantmen standing by, and they were accepted. Mason and I also volunteered. "Not unless you are seamen," was the answer.
I , ch. i-iii; H. O. Wakeman, The Ascendancy of France, 1598-1715 , ch. ix-xi, xiv, xv; A. H. Johnson, The Age of the Enlightened Despot, 1660-1789 , ch i- iii, vi; J. H. Sacret, Bourbon and Vasa, 1610-1715 , ch. viii- xii; Arthur Hassall, Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy in the "Heroes of the Nations" Series; H. T. Dyer, A History of Modern Europe from the Fall of Constantinople, 3d ed. rev. by Arthur Hassall , ch. xxxvii, xxxix-xl, xlii-xliv; A. J. Grant, The French Monarchy, 1483-1789, Vol.
"Ay, sir, there is the ring of the true metal in the lad," observed the head clerk. Captain Hassall was as active in his department as I was in mine, and we soon had the Barbara ready for sea with a tolerably good crew.
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