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Pull up, at any rate, and let me get my harpoon and line the English shall never get them while old Tom Coffin can blow." "Don't speak too fast," said the strokesman of the boat; "whether he get your iron or not, here he comes in chase!" "What mean you, fellow?" cried Barnstable. "Captain Barnstable can look for himself," returned the seaman, "and tell whether I speak truth."
For a time, in perfect silence, we slid up and down the great seething swells of the sea, but saw nothing. "There, it's no use," cried the officer; "he's gone, whoever he is. Pull away, men pull away! they'll be recalling us soon." "Let him drown!" cried the strokesman; "he's spoiled my watch below for me." "Who the devil is he?" cried another.
She soon discovered us, and hailed in French. Not receiving an answer, she fired a volley of musketry at us. The strokesman of my boat fell shot in the brain, and two others were seriously wounded in the arm and leg. We had three marines, two additional seamen and my volunteer messmate in our boat. This last had smuggled himself in without the first lieutenant’s leave.
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