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Updated: August 13, 2024
The Mixed Commission sat a few days later to adjudicate upon our prizes, with the result that all three were duly condemned; and we thus became entitled to a very nice little sum of prize money, for there was not only the value of the three craft, but also the head money upon the brigantine's cargo of slaves.
The brig then cast off, and the two craft forthwith bore down upon us to report, the fight between ourselves and the brigantine being by that time over. By the time that our own and the brigantine's damages had been repaired it was daylight, and we were all ready for making sail once more.
"You must avenge him, then," I shouted back. "Load again, and give it her between wind and water if you can." They were already reloading the gun, even as I spoke, and a minute later the piece again rang out, the shot striking the brigantine's covering- board fair and square, close to her midship port, and making the splinters fly in fine style.
A pluttering customs launch bustled up to the Alethea's side, discharged a fussy inspector on the brigantine's deck, and panted impatiently until he, the examination concluded without delay, was again aboard.
"Undoubtedly," replied Don Herero, "but the brigantine is built with a centre-board, thus having, as it were, a portable keel, and can sail anywhere that a man could swim, while the cruiser, with all her armament, must draw nearly three fathoms. A ship will sometimes follow a chase into dangerous water." "True," we responded, "the brigantine's safety lies in seeking shoal water."
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