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To proceed: Captain L went over the side; the last pipe had been given, and the boatswain had returned his call into his jacket-pocket, and walked forward, when the first-lieutenant, in pursuance of his orders, looked up aloft, intending to have hailed the new lord, and have requested the pleasure of his company on deck; but the youngster, feeling a slight degree of appetite, after enjoying the fresh air for seven hours without any breakfast, had just ventured down the topmast rigging, that he might obtain possession of a bottle of tea and some biscuit, which one of his messmates had carried up for him, and stowed away in the bunt of the maintopsail.
As the bows of the brig now rose and now plunged into the trough of the sea, I thought they must have been, to a certainty, washed away. The maintopsail was, in the meantime, taken in, and I felt that I was very glad I was not obliged to lay-out on the yard with the other men. It seemed a wonder how they were not shaken off into the sea, or carried away by the bulging sail.
Roque a black line to the westward, a round shot across her bows brought the old vessel minus the black emblem now, and outwardly respectable up to the wind, with maintopsail aback, while Captain Swarth and a dozen of his men equally respectable in the nondescript rig of the merchant sailor watched the approach of an English brig of war. Mr.
To proceed: Captain L went over the side; the last pipe had been given, and the boatswain had returned his call into his jacket-pocket and walked forward, when the first lieutenant, in pursuance of his orders, looked up aloft, intending to have hailed the new lord, and have requested the pleasure of his company on deck; but the youngster, feeling a slight degree of appetite, after enjoying the fresh air for seven hours without any breakfast, had just ventured down the topmast rigging, that he might obtain possession of a bottle of tea and some biscuit, which one of his messmates had carried up for him, and stowed away in the bunt of the maintopsail.
These large boats are lugger-rigged, carrying the foremast well forward, and sometimes, but very rarely, like the French chasse-marées, a mainmast also, with a maintopsail, as well, of course, as the mizzen behind.
Her deck was at such an angle that it seemed as though she never could right herself. Gradually, however, she rose a little, staggered and trembled like a living thing, and then plunged away through the storm, as a piece of paper is whirled before the wind. By evening the gale was at its height. The Black Eagle was running under maintopsail and foretopmast staysail.
At 6 the Gale increased to such a height as to oblige us to take in the Foretopsail and Mainsail, and to run under the Foresail and Mizen all night; Sounding every 2 hours, but found no ground with 120 fathoms. At 6 a.m. set the Mainsail, and soon after the Foretopsail, and before Noon the Maintopsail, both close reeft.
"It's nonsense for trifles, I own, to be piping, But they who can't pity why I pities they. Says the captain, says he; I shall never forget it, Of courage, you know, boys, the true from the sham," "Back your maintopsail, your worship, for half a minute, and just assist a poor dismantled craft, who has been riddled in the wars "'Tis a furious lion. Long life to your honour 'In battle so let it
At 2.30 shortened sail and tacked to the southward. 4 P.M.: A steamer reported standing out from the fleet toward us. Backed maintopsail and lowered propeller. 4.50: Every thing reported ready for action. Chase bearing N.N.E., distant ten miles. Twilight set in about 5.45. Took in all sail.
Wondering what was up now, I went aft, and the skipper and two mates met me at the break of the poop. "'You get up there to the weather maintopsail yard arm, you blind-eyed farmer, snarled the skipper, 'and keep your lookout there! D'ye hear? I saw that light ten minutes before you sang out. "'I reported it as soon as I saw it, sir, I answered civilly. "'None o' your lip! Get up there!
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