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Updated: May 4, 2025
Paul hauled out the jigger, a small sprit-sail, that kept itself close-hauled from being fastened to a stationary boom, and a little mast stepped quite aft, the effect of which was to press the boat against the wind. This brought the launch's head up, and it was just possible to see, by close attention, that they had a slight motion through the water.
'What are your losses, sir? asked the lieutenant of Captain Garrington. 'Two killed, three rather badly wounded. 'You got off lightly. There don't seem to be many Turks left. 'Only nine alive, and of those four are wounded. 'Are the launch's engines all right? 'Nothing wrong with them, answered the captain, 'so Williams tells me. 'Well, it's getting late and very thick.
During the day they had sighted three vessels, but at such distances that signaling was useless, each being hull down on their limited horizon. Moreover, they had to be cautious. The cruiser, trusting to her speed, might try a long cast north and south of the launch's supposed path.
'Everything was going well, my lord, until three of the launch's people went to work catching crabs with their oars, which threw the boat astern. No, no, that will never do for a gazette. Let me see, Griffin; after all, the lugger made off from you; you would have had her had she not made sail and stood to the southward and westward on a bowline." "Yes, sir, she certainly did that.
We stopped at once, and with much difficulty he forced his way through the vine-laced and thorn-guarded jungle toward the sound of the launch's engines and of the bugle which was blown. In this dense jungle, when the sun is behind clouds, a man without a compass who strays a hundred yards from the river may readily become hopelessly lost.
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