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Even he, perhaps, had been doubtful as to the crew, but that is only guess, for, as you shall hear, we had not long the benefit of his opinion. We were all hard at work changing the powder and the berths, when the last man or two, and Long John along with them, came off in a shore-boat.
The captain is in the long-boat, and wishes to know if you would give us a passage somewhere. "'Oh, my goodness! I say... This is the Celestial from Singapore on her return trip. I'll arrange with your captain in the morning... and,... I say... did you hear me just now? "'I should think the whole bay heard you. "'I thought you were a shore-boat.
I was commanding officer; the people were all at their dinner; it was a drizzling soft rain, and I was walking the quarter-deck by myself, when a shore-boat came alongside with a person in plain clothes. I paid him no attention, supposing him to be a wine merchant, or a slop-seller, come to ask permission to serve the ship.
"The boat waited no less than five hours for him yesterday, and in the end brought off his valet with some luggage. He gave us to understand that Sir John and his Secretary would follow in a shore-boat. This was twenty-four hours ago, and they have not appeared." "Extraordinary!" "I have to report also," said the first lieutenant, "that at seven o'clock, in accordance with orders, Mr.
We were all hard at work, changing the powder and the berths, when the last man or two, and Long John along with them, came off in a shore-boat. The cook came up the side like a monkey for cleverness, and as soon as he saw what was doing, "So ho, mates!" says he. "What's this?" "We're a-changing of the powder, Jack," answers one.
After a while the creek began to shallow rapidly and we kept the sailor on ahead in a shore-boat sounding, while we tried to keep the houseboat from running over him. The southerly breeze was gradually freshening and Gadabout began to show a corresponding partiality for the northern bank of the stream.
My lord dined on board alone. He appeared depressed, and altogether low. He told me he should go to bed early." "And did he?" "No. Late in the evening a shore-boat came off one of those caiques, I think they called them with a letter, very urgent." "For Lord Lydstone?" "For his lordship. He seemed much disturbed on reading it." "Well?" "My lord called me and said he would dress to go on shore.
While the Smeaton was turning away, as if with a graceful bow to the men on the rock, Ruby shouted: "There are letters here for you, sir." The mate of the vessel called out at once, "Send them off in the shore-boat; we'll lay-to."
We were all hard at work, changing the powder and the berths, when the last man or two, and Long John along with them, came off in a shore-boat. The cook came up the side like a monkey for cleverness, and, as soon as he saw what was doing, "So ho, mates!" says he, "what's this?" "We're a-changing of the powder, Jack," answers one.
I suppose the circumstance of our getting under way at so unusual an hour must have attracted attention on board this craft, at all events the casting adrift of the shore-boat had been observed; and as we approached we were hailed from her deck with an inquiry as to whether we were aware that one of our boats had gone adrift.
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