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Here was a pivotal point should he go and fight for the glory of Prussia? Not he by the connivance of his mother and sisters, he was secreted on a trading-sloop bound for England.
They are clipper-built that is, the hull is smoothly and sharply shaped; the cut-water, in particular, is like a knife, and the bow wedge-like. In short, although similar in general outline, a cutter-yacht bears the same relation to a trading-sloop that a racer does to a cart-horse.
A voice replied, in Dutch; and my father, who understood the language, at once cried out, "Heave to, for the love of Heaven, and receive us on board!" "Ya, ya," was the answer; "we will be up with you presently." In a few minutes we were alongside the stranger, a small Dutch trading-sloop. As soon as we were all on board our boat was dropped astern, and sail was made.
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