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"My sister, my sister!" cried Robert, stretching out his arms toward the yacht, which was now rolling violently. "Oh, how I wish I could get on board!" said Glenarvan. "Patience, Edward! you will be there in a couple of hours," replied the Major. Two hours! But it was impossible for a boat a six-oared one to come and go in a shorter space of time.
The Landers recommend any master going to the river for palm oil, to provide himself with two good strong six-oared boats for towing, and a double complement of Kroomen. The expense of ten or twelve Kroomen would be trifling, as they only require a few yams and a little palm oil to eat, and they are always ready to perform any laborious work which may be required of them.
Gentle Abercrombie could not coax them into peace: stern Moore could not shoot and hang them into it; and the 'Brigand war' dragged hideously on, till Moore who was nearly caught by them in a six-oared boat off the Pitons, and had to row for his life to St.
He was on deck in a minute; by his glass he saw a six-oared gig rapidly approaching; she had in the stern-sheets four persons, three of whom were dressed as officers, and wore cocked hats. The passengers were on deck, as well as the two mates, watching the boat. "I suspect after all we shall find that we were unnecessarily alarmed, and they will prove very honest gentlemen," observed the colonel.
"Then we'll go to the Mayor about it and ask his Worship to hold the stakes." Oke was chuckling to himself all this while, the reason being that he'd managed to bespeak the loan of a six-oared galley belonging to the Water-Guard, and, boat for boat, he made no doubt she could show her heels to the Indefatigable Woman.
The ship had been hove to under a close-reefed main-topsail, with the top-gallant yards down, the sea running very high, and the ship pitching much. It was Sunday, and the captain was at dinner with the officers, when a bustle was heard on deck. He ran instantly to the poop, and saw two men in the water, amidst the wreck of a six-oared cutter.
See ante, iii. 118. 'Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man reversed for thee. The Vanity of Human Wishes. 'Rasay accompanied us in his six-oared boat, which he said was his coach and six. It is indeed the vehicle in which the ladies take the air and pay their visits, but they have taken very little care for accommodations.
A contract was made with Major Richard to conduct this gentleman in a six-oared boat, being the best to be obtained, to his destination; and to be the bearer of a letter from the General, expressing his wish to remove all misunderstanding and jealousy.
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