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I managed, with difficulty, to unship the sail, and devoted myself to baling the boat, which threatened at any moment to be swamped by the green water which came aboard of her. All that day, and the next, I was driven by the storm whither I knew not.
As they had no riding-breeches, their trousers soon rucked up, exhibiting ample expanses of bare legs; they had no notion of riding, but managed to stick on somehow by clinging to pommel and mane, banging here into a sedate Judge of the High Court, with an apologetic "Sorry, sir, but this swine of a pony won't steer;" barging there into a pompous Anglo-Indian official, as they yelled to their ponies, "Easy now, dogs-body, or you'll unship us both;" galloping as hard as their ponies could lay legs to the ground, cannoning into half the white inhabitants of Calcutta, but always with imperturbable good-humour.
It had a hinge, and doubled up. I put the handle through a button- hole of my coat: I saw a big fish rising, I put a dry fly over him; the idiot took it. Up stream he ran, then down stream, then he yielded to the rod and came near me. I tried to unship my landing-net from my button-hole. Vain labour! I twisted and turned the handle, it would not budge.
"I say, Mr Quilldriver," cried old Tom, "do you mean for to say that Jacob is an eye-sarver?" "Yes, I do; and want none of your impertinence, or I'll unship you, you old blackguard." "Well, then, for the first part of your story, my sarvice to you and you lies; and as for the second, that remains to be proved." Mr Hodgson's temper was not softened by this reply of old Tom.
"Ay, been appointed to the old berth," said Ruby, "so I'll have to unship you, Ned." "The sooner the better; faix, I niver had much notion o' this fiery style o' life; it's only fit for sallymanders and bottle-imps. But when d'ye begin work, lad?" "To-morrow, I believe. At least, I was told to call at the office to-morrow. To-day I have an engagement."
This was done under the superintendence of René, man of all work, and with the mechanical intermediary of rollers and capstan, by a small white horse shackled to a lever, and patiently grinding his steady rounds on the sand. His preliminary task achieved, the man, after a few friendly smacks, set the beast free to trot back to his loose pasture: proceeding himself to unship his cargo.
"See anything yet?" said my uncle, as he helped Cross to push the boat along, pulling the boughs aside, which forced him to lower the sail and unship the mast. "No, uncle; the boughs are too thick yes yes, I can see a monkey hanging by his tail." "A six-footer? Bring him down, then. We must have his skin." "Six-footer? No!" I said. "It's about as big as a fat baby." "I thought so," said my uncle.
Help him as much as you can, and make him help" he stopped and ran the spokes to starboard as a tremendous billow rose under the stern and yawed the schooner to port "and make him help himself for the rest. Unship the fo'castle hatch and get him down into a bunk. Then ship the hatch again." The captain turned his aged face forward and wavered pitifully.
With the civility so common among them the chief ordered a mat to be spread for us under a shed, and then showed us the weapon with which they kill the hippopotamus; it is a short iron harpoon inserted in the end of a long pole, but being intended to unship, it is made fast to a strong cord of milola, or hibiscus, bark, which is wound closely round the entire length of the shaft, and secured at its opposite end.
Those are my orders, and I intend to carry them out." He turned to the six sailors sitting quietly in the boat, their oars still in the air. "Unship oars!" he commanded. The sweeps fell away, three on each side. "Squad on deck!" The men scrambled up the short ladder and lined up in two rows of three. At his belt each man carried a revolver and cutlasses swung at their sides.
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