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We drew lots, and it fell to the larboard, which I was in. Instantly all was preparation. A boat was called to pull the ``liberty-men'' ashore, and we sat down in the stern sheets, ``as big as pay-passengers, and, jumping ashore, set out on our walk for the town, which was nearly three miles off.
Had they all been as punctual as Jack Chase's party, the whole quarter-watch of liberty-men had been safe on board the frigate at the expiration of the twenty-four hours. But this was not the case; and during the entire day succeeding, the midshipmen and others were engaged in ferreting them out of their hiding-places on shore, and bringing them off in scattered detachments to the ship.
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