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Updated: June 24, 2025
Then we knew full well that our deliverance was not far off. The Frenchmen sacre'd and shouted at each other louder than ever. Our boatswain had been left on board with us. He was a daring, dashing fellow. "Now, my lads, is the time to take the ship from the hands of the Frenchmen!" he exclaimed. "If we delay, night is coming on, and the other frigate may get away.
As for myself, I had the good fortune to be pitted against a very pursy and unwieldy Frenchman, who sacre'd to admiration, but never put in a single blow at me; while, therefore, I amused myself practising what old Cribb called "the one, two," upon his fat carcase, I had abundant time and opportunity to watch all that was doing about me, and truly a more ludicrous affair I never beheld.
As for myself, I had the good fortune to be pitted against a very pursy and unwieldy Frenchman, who sacre'd to admiration, but never put in a single blow at me; while, therefore, I amused myself practising what old Cribb called "the one, two," upon his fat carcase, I had abundant time and opportunity to watch all that was doing about me, and truly a more ludicrous affair I never beheld.
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