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The "Argonaut" was rolling helpless, without masts or rudder; the "Caribou" had thrown overboard all the starboard guns of her upper deck; and the vice-admiral's ship, the "Trident," was in scarcely better condition. On the 23d they were wrapped in thick fog and lay firing guns, ringing bells, and beating drums to prevent collisions.
The vice-admiral's galleon was called 'Our Lady of La Vega, the rear-admiral's was the 'Mother of God, and all the other ships were baptized by the holy names deemed most appropriate, in the Spanish service, to deeds of carnage. On the other hand, the nomenclature of the Dutch ships suggested a menagerie.
As this was done, every countenance met the vice-admiral's glance, with a look of sincere sympathy. The bows that were exchanged, had more in them than the naked courtesies of such salutations; they were eloquent of feeling on both sides. Bluewater was awake, and retaining the hand of Mildred affectionately in his own, when his friend entered.
The twelve boats entered the port, and distributed their fire-works plentifully among the Spanish merchant ships, by which thirty or forty of them were set on fire and consumed, some of them very large. In this hardy enterprise, the Dutch had seven men killed, and fifteen wounded, mostly in the vice-admiral's boat, which had attempted to board one of the pataches and was beaten off.
The vice-admiral's galleon was called 'Our Lady of La Vega, the rear-admiral's was the 'Mother of God, and all the other ships were baptized by the holy names deemed most appropriate, in the Spanish service, to deeds of carnage. On the other hand, the nomenclature of the Dutch ships suggested a menagerie.
"They never has any thing right, Sir Jarvy," Galleygo thrust in, by way of commentary on the vice-admiral's and the captain's classical lore; "and it's surprising to me that they should have any goddess at all, seeing that they has so little respect for religion, in general." Wycherly fidgeted, but respect for his superiors kept him silent.
Nevertheless, the last had sufficient penetration to understand the vice-admiral's character at a glance, and the peculiarity made no lasting impression. When the allusion was made to Tom's succession, as a matter of course, however, he cast a cold, but withering look, at the reputed heir, which almost chilled the marrow in the bones of the jealous rogue.
"I should like Sir Jarvy to hear that, my man of books," cried the fourth, who had satisfied himself that a book was not his own forte "I fancy your instinct, doctor, will prevent you from whispering this in the vice-admiral's ear!" Although Magrath had a profound respect for the commander-in-chief, he was averse to giving in, in a gun-room discussion.
This puts the Comte fairly under our lee." But Greenly was far from being of a temperament as sanguine as that of the vice-admiral's. He did not like the circumstance of the Druid's being alone visible, and she, too, under what in so heavy a gale, might be deemed a press of canvass.
Now he glanced upward at his sails, to see that all was right; then, as he drew nearer, fathom by fathom as it might be, he anxiously endeavoured to read the expression of the vice-admiral's face. "How do you do, Captain Parker?" commenced Sir Gervaise, with true trumpet formality, making the customary salutation. "How is Sir Gervaise Oakes to-day?
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