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Updated: June 15, 2025
There is no village at Pygang-Watai; only a stream of water, some palms, and a harbour safe to rest in till the first violence of the southeast monsoon has blown itself out. They opened up the low coral beach, with its mound of whitewashed coal ready for supply, the deserted huts for the sailors, and the flagless flagstaff.
There is no village at Pygang-Watai; only a stream of water, some palms, and a harbour safe to rest in till the first violence of the southeast monsoon has blown itself out. They opened up the low coral beach, with its mound of whitewashed coal ready for supply, the deserted huts for the sailors, and the flagless flagstaff.
One evening calamity descended upon her from the island of Pygang-Watai, and she fled, while her crew jeered at a fat black-and-brown gunboat puffing far behind. They knew to the last revolution the capacity of every boat, on those seas, that they were anxious to avoid.
One evening calamity descended upon her from the island of Pygang-Watai, and she fled, while her crew jeered at a fat black-and-brown gunboat puffing far behind. They knew to the last revolution the capacity of every boat, on those seas, that they were anxious to avoid.
Down the screw-shaft ran murmurs and warnings, while a heart-diseased flutter without told that the propeller needed re-keying. "How does she make it?" said the skipper. "She moves, but but she's breakin' my heart. The sooner we're at Pygang-Watai, the better. She's mad, and we're waking the town." "Is she at all near safe?" "What do I care how safe she is? She's mad. Hear that, now!
Down the screw-shaft ran murmurs and warnings, while a heart-diseased flutter without told that the propeller needed re-keying. "How does she make it?" said the skipper. "She moves, but but she's breakin' my heart. The sooner we're at Pygang-Watai, the better. She's mad, and we're waking the town." "Is she at all near safe?" "What do I care how safe she is? She's mad. Hear that, now!
If I can raise sixty pound I'll not complain." "Be sure of her first; we can't afford to go out half a mile, and break down." "My soul and body, man, we're one continuous breakdown, fore an' aft! We might fetch Singapore, though." "We'll break down at Pygang-Watai, where we can do good," was the answer, in a voice that did not allow argument.
With steam and sail that marvellous voyage continued; and the bright-eyed crew looked over the rail, desolate, unkempt, unshorn, shamelessly clothed beyond the decencies. At the end of the third week she sighted the island of Pygang-Watai, whose harbour is the turning-point of a pearl sea-patrol. Here the gun-boats stay for a week ere they retrace their line.
"Be sure of her first; we can't afford to go out half a mile, and break down." "My soul and body, man, we're one continuous breakdown, fore an' aft! We might fetch Singapore, though." "We'll break down at Pygang-Watai, where we can do good," was the answer, in a voice that did not allow argument. "She's my boat, and I've had eight months to think in."
With steam and sail that marvellous voyage continued; and the bright-eyed crew looked over the rail, desolate, unkempt, unshorn, shamelessly clothed beyond the decencies. At the end of the third week she sighted the island of Pygang-Watai, whose harbour is the turning-point of a pearl sea-patrol. Here the gun-boats stay for a week ere they retrace their line.
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