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Parentage of Cavendish Sails with Sir Richard Grenville to the West Indies Introduced to the Queen Fits out expedition for the South Sea Sails from Plymouth Lands at Sierra Leone Attacks a negro town Passage across the Atlantic Anchors off coast of Brazil Puts into Port Desire Large size of natives Attacked by them Enters the Straits of Magellan A deserted Spanish colony One man rescued San Felipe visited Port Famine Enters the Pacific The squadron puts into Mocha Obtains provisions by a mistake of the natives An expedition on shore at Quintero Twelve of the crew cut off Anchors off Moron Moreno Degraded natives Proceedings at Areca Prisoners taken and tortured Payta plundered The island of Paria and its wealthy cacique The English surprised by Spaniards Several killed Cavendish burns the place Several vessels captured Cocoa found on board a prize Some persons made prisoners on shore held captive till provisions are brought In search of the Manilla galleon She is attacked and captured The prisoners well treated The Santa Anna set on fire The Desire and Content set sail Ersola, a pilot, carried off The Content lost sight of No tidings ever received of her The ship touches at Guham and proceeds on to the Philippines Treachery of Ersola discovered He is hung A Spanish frigate put to flight Death of Captain Havers Java reached Reception by the Rajah The Indian Ocean crossed A tempest Passes the Cape of Good Hope Touches at Saint Helena Hears of the defeat of the Spanish Armada Enters Plymouth with silken sails Knighted by Queen Elizabeth Sails on a second voyage Numerous disasters Dies of a broken heart.
"He didn't come a moment too soon, for I was about sick enough of the desolation of it, and only hesitating whether I should walk out into the sea and finish up the business that way, or fall back on the green things.... "I sold the bones to a man named Winslow a dealer near the British Museum, and he says he sold them to old Havers.
His fees were pretty much what the folk chose to give him, and he collected them once a year at Kildrummie fair. "Weel, doctor, what am a' awin' ye for the wife and bairn? Ye 'ill need three notes for that nicht ye stayed in the hoose an' a' the veesits." "Havers," MacLure would answer, "prices are low, a'm hearing; gie's thirty shillings."
"And there's mighty few things worth having in this world that aren't obtained at a risk," averred Mrs. McBain stoutly. "You've always been for wrapping Nan up in cotton wool, St. John shielding her from this, protecting her from that! Sic' havers! She'd be more of a woman if you'd let her stand on her own feet a bit." Lord St. John sighed.
"I could see she's no pleased, though he has found a wy," he said. "What pleasure should she be able to sook out o' his keeping ding-ding-danging on about that woman?" retorted Gavinia. "What woman?" "The London besom that gae him the go-by." "Was there sic a woman!" Corp cried. "Of course there was, and it's her that he's aye writing about." "Havers, Gavinia!
But before he had well descended, and removed the ladder from the trap-door, in came his wife. "Noo, Sauners Paton," she exclaimed, "ye see what I hae aye prophesied to you is fast coming to pass. The King's forces are at Cartsdyke, and they'll be here the morn, and what's to come o' you then, wi' your covenanted havers?
"Don't lose yours, Duthie, because I aye beat you." "You beat me, McQueen! Go home, sir, and don't talk havers. Who beat you at " "Who made you sing small at " "Who won " "Who " "Who " "I'll play you on Monday for whatever you like!" shrieked the doctor. "If it holds," cried the minister, "I'll be here the whole day. Name the stakes yourself. A stone?"
"I would be lying in my bed," he said to Tommy, "dreaming that a man had fallen into the Slugs, and instead o' trying to save him I cried out, 'Tickets there, all tickets ready, and first he hands me a glove and neist he hands me a boot and havers o' that kind sich as onybody dreams.
Still the insinuation was so like what I felt myself that I was greatly awed and confounded. The poor fellow observed this, and tried to do away the impression by some further sage remarks of his own. "Hout, dear sir, it is balderdash, there's nae doubt o't. It is the crownhead o' absurdity to tak in the havers o' auld wives for gospel.
"It's a' lees frae heid to fiit, an' frae bert to skin." "Weel, it was plain to see she dwyned awa efter he gaed, an' never was hersel' again ye dinna deny that?" "It's a' havers," persisted Miss Horn, but in accents considerably softened.
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