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They held themselves sedately, their heads depressed and their crops protruded, like old ladies in muddy weather. The sea-pie stood with his heels together, in his tight trousers, his black swallow-tail, and his white waistcoat. "Til By'n! Up in the heather the lapwing flew about flapping her wings.
Stayed in the hut doing nothing. 10th, Sunday. Ditto. 11th. Tired of doing nothing. Dressed sheep most of the day. Muston out kangarooing; caught three. 12th. Cooking. Made a "sea-pie," which was generally admired. August 1st. The Doctor arrived from York, driving tandem in E.'s trap. He has brought me a parcel of books just come from England. Blessings on my dear sister for remembering me.
I always say, "When I get de fowls, and de turkeys, and de ham, and de oder tings to put in it. But I make you some lobscouse in de mean time," I say. And so I did; and he and de mates say dey nebber taste such good lobscouse in dere lives. "Ah! not equal to de sea-pie I make some day or oder," I answer; for I know as long as I promise de sea-pie dey not kill me.
Two or tree days after dis we take anoder prize, which was robbed ob eberyting ob value on board, and was den treated same as Les deux Amis had been. I was very glad to get off wid my life, but I berry much wish myself out of de ship again, and determined to make my 'scape as soon as I hab opportunity. "`De cappen each day ask me when I going to make de sea-pie.
The third service was made up of a loin of fresh pork, with apple-sauce, a kid smothered with onions, and a terrapin baked in the shell; and last of all, a prodigious sea-pie was presented, with an infinite volume of pancakes and fritters.
The natives use it as a seasoning in their cookery, stuffing fish and plantains with it and so on, using it also in the preparation of a sort of sea-pie they make with meat and fish.
I only hope in de mean time no man-o'-war get hold ob us; if she did, I should be hung up wid de rest, and de judges not believe I come on board 'cause oderwise I drown, and stay only to make a sea-pie. We soon get near an island, which I guess was one ob de Bahamas from de way de ship was steered, now in one direction, now in anoder, between rocks and sandbanks.
De cappen ask me if I know where we were. I say, "I suppose we somewhere on de Spanish Main." "All right," he answer; "maybe you're not much of a navigator?" "`Poor nigger like me know berry little 'cept how to make sea-pie, I say. He den order me to go below, and soon afterwards I hear de roar ob de breakers, and I know we'd got near the shore.
And den I know I all safe. `He not kill me if he tink I make good sea-pie, I say to myself; `for black fellow sometimes more cunning dan white buccra he! he! he! Peter chuckled. `Where do you come from? he ask. "`I tell him I carried off and made to serve on board de French ship, and dat I glad to escape from her. Dis not quite true, but I guess it make him more ready to save my life.
"It was not, nor could it come to good." Yet these prophecies were disregarded, and notwithstanding their solemn murmuring and ominous shakings of the head, the sport was continued; and many a wondering albatross was bitten, when he took a bite at the treacherous pork; until one day, after numbers had been taken, one of the messes determined to have a sea-pie, of which the body of one of these birds should be the component part.
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