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Indeed, this point was soon settled beyond dispute; for the behaviour of the strange vessel, and her peculiar rig which was that of a cutter combined with the fact of so small a craft sailing boldly towards a barque so large as the Pandora, all went to prove that she was either a war-cruiser in search of slave-ships, or a pirate, in either case, a vessel much better manned and armed than the Pandora.
There the work of changing the peaceful merchantman "Oreto" into the war-cruiser "Florida" began. The work of transferring the armament, and mounting the guns, was very laborious. The hot sun of August at the equator poured down upon them.
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