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HIS ISLAND PRINCESS, FROM THE NOTES OF RUPERT DE LA TOUCHE (1825),
DY
W. CLARK RUSSELL
(Author of The Wreck of the Grostenor,”
Overine," "&c.) SYNOPSIS OF INSTALMENTI and Rupert dela Touche is second mate on use of a fleet of convict alaps, laring Fogland for a distant con tay. Among the wemen prisoners is n young and buntiful girl, but what her name is, or for what she is being banished, no one knows. When only a few daya at sea this giel jumps overboard, and la Touche in diately diren after hor, but though resented an) taken on board again she diox alinost at once,and! is buried at sea. The voyage now becomes eventful in the ex- treme, Sevoral of the sailers and enuviets declare that the gloat of the dand girl has apgiraro;l to fhorn. strange and amazing roenca frighten the crow, and
white conit not markel on the chart, but which turns out to be an apparition. When within a few Cays sail of theirdest untion, a thren-ursted sulwoner in distress is sighted, which sigers to them for a
even the captain inwest tick by the sight of a strange
supply of frush "water.
CHAPTER 11.
As my companions and I approached the schooner which bad signalled us, I inspected ber with curiosity. It was impossible to can- facture her oirand in this remote part of the great empire of ocean. She was pierced for thren guns of a side, and mounted a small piece on her forecastle.
We drow alongside, and the man who had spokon us, and who proved to be the master of tho vessel, asked me to step on board. I complied, and found myself on the white decks of the very shapeliest craft I had ever seen. I bustantly took note, however, will than oyo of a sailor, of a general aspect of nugleet throughout the little Vessel. The brass work was dill, the paint
dirty, and aloft signs were visilde of usilorly
inattention.
I observed but free man forward, one of whom was a negro. The emptain was a short, fat man with a thick neck, and ronul pale face; his nazo was scarcely bigger than a lady's thimble, with two holes for breathing throngh his face was without hair, and och peoplet with warts. His cyos were soft, dark, and med to kindle with kindness, with the good nature and honesty of his smile. He wore a grey, low-crowned, broad-brimmed hut, and a enai with skirts that sank low, while his. breeches fitted his slank so tightly that they made his boots look long enough for a giant. says he in a gentle, manele obligol voice. Aro I am truly grateful for your kindness," yon an officer of that ship
I'm her second mute.” I answered.
"I in most considerate of your captain." ways he smiling kindly, "to saud instead of forcing me to fotch. Shortness of water las disabled my crew, and half-a-dozen of them are below helpless with some sort of complaint, which I can make nothing of, Would you per- mit your mon to stop on deck, and help those follows yonder to sling the cask of water aboard aud carefully stow it
* Olu yes,” said I. "and the sooner it's done The bitter, as my captain is in a hurry; he doesn't want to lose sight of the other ships.”
I went to the mail, and told my men to help the sailors of the schooner to sling the cask into the vessel. Whilst this was doing the captain usked me to stop below and drink a glass of wine. I was thirsty and consented. He took ine into a small, but brightly lighted cabin, furnished with table and lockers, and I observed sleeping berths, two forward at the end of the cabin and two uft. Nobody was hore. but ourselves. was surprised not to see one of the watus or a cabin servant. Thio captain going to a locker lifted the lid, took out a bottle of wine, and filled two glasses from a rack under the sight. It was a choice, sound, obt sherry, dark and rich, and I smacked my lips.
I
Ha," says the captain with a chwerful langh. "you find this wine good "
The finost-flavoured wine I over drank." I answered.
I believe I have some bottles in my cabin," says he, aftor fanning his nose with his wine glass which he smelt in relish, which I shall is very pleased if you will present with my compliments to your captain as a habla token of un American suilor's appreciation of a British sailor's humanity.
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I guessed that Captain Sever would be pleased with the gift, and bowed to my companion and thanked him. Maanwhile I could hear that ou deck at work hoisting in the cask.
Will you step into my cabin?" says the captain. The bottles are there, and I shonki like to show you a couple of chronometers marle in Boston."
I followed him into a little stern-cabin on the Jarboard side of the ship. Here in this place were a cot, a washstand, a set of drawers. a table on which were writing materials, and some nautical instruments, the whole lighted by round scuttle in the side. When wo bad entered, he sexmod on a saddon to recollect, and exchiming No. I believe after all the bottles are in another locker!" he left the raten. closing the door behind him, so swiftly that it was done before I could take a step.
I sprang to the door and turned the handle but found that the lock had been shot by the
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blue. The stakes of foam, as they fell into the troughs from the curling ridges, swept past; we were sailing nimbly; I should say our spot was not less then seren knots, whilst the atmest capacity of any ship of the fleet in that breeze would not have gous beyond four and a half.
Whilst I stared through the part-hole or Heutilo I heard the sullen shook of a gau in the wind, a minute after another, and then another.
No doubt twas the Sirius taking alarm uid firing for the American to board to.
I was the porest waste of gunpowder, The selooner stool on, leaning upon her shapely bilge, and through the orifies I corld catch the rapid nofso of waters broken by the swift stor, and dischargal in frath against the weather side.
The time wore slowly away. The gloom of the east gradually overspread the son." I never supposed for a moment that the Laly Por rhyn would attempt to give, class : Captain Sever would witnessi at once the folly of such an undertaking, and there was no other ship in the foot with heels proper for the parsuit of n swift,
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cortain shouls made the navigation dangerous
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again into the breeze with n hissing of serpents, Night was upon the waters, and the circle round was dark, said though, as you will suppose, my
When we hul support, à lute me barn ia. first look was for a ship when I stopped out of a siid he would runs mo out at midnight. I the latch I saw nothing, not the least shadow Palling off bar shoes and coat, and shatting the had to light but what flowed from the cabin. of a sail within the whole circle from leam door, I got into the bank, but was long in fall-
beam.
Twas something strange to find myself andering asley. For it cano into my heal that as canvas that stretched fore and aft insteel of we were five men in this ship against five, why thwart, and that was spread by booms and pulsat we rise and master them, and salt lastead of by yards. The schooner was sailing to schooner after the fit to Botany Bay? swiftly. She leaned over and seemed to h
Astoop f'full at last, and slept maybe an hour, racing, so fast and fierce was the white soiri:
wkey I was aroused by Captain Hinks. 7 of froth along the leo side. A figure stood at
Eight bell, Mr. la Tonclus, and a fine night the tiller and another walked the winter siksa quiet wind the same as you let it. Are yo of the quartordeck. I went up to this man.
awnky He was the captain.
• Wille.
Pray, sir, what's your nome?" saya 1. Salma Hicks at your servics, ho answered. Where are my men, sir?" Drink," he replies.
Hay I.
You found them willing to get drunk I sout your van forward to keep then three-masted. beatifully-modded schoonhearts up with," he answered, and they nunk whose spread of sail was immense, and who, with themselves drank with it. I've given you may fore and aft canvas, could matcauvre with a
ZANJERO, What's yours?" despatch impossible in squaro-rigged ships, and
I told him. who, moreover, could sail so dose to this wind as in a very short time to sink the foremost of the parauers hall down on her leoqquarter.
1 foli Bke a coged rat.
At last when the
4.
Who is on deck?"
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plain, before it is on us.
Joal." sings out the negro Rout out Harry and fried out the
The mon turned up promptly, but the fine fellows of the "Lady Penhryn' refused to budge, and had theschocher foundered in a sudden tempest, two of them would have perished drunk und goun to their acount
We contrived amorig us to sing the schoener down to a reefed forwail and mainsail, and not too soon: for at four o'clock it was blowing hard from the westward; the schooner, that was headed south-east, was swept onwarts with a velocity that was surprising and admirable to Now then for four hosts of peace, praise theme who was nwal to sailers whose motions evezi Lard from when all blessings flow," he says. motore a gale of wind were as shuggish as a "Two of your men refuse to work the schuonor.leecli`s. She stormed through the swelle The other two remain drunk, Will you rensa téllows, whose momutsin shaqza were revealed). with the two who have come to their senses by the light and splendours of their own burst-
No." says
Bluntly, hobling in mightying and falling peaks. She swept the water past brought lars without asking some as by your awful with the fires of the sho drove her impfent to unke such a requst. leave, I'm no longer an officer of theirs. It's sharp and leasing bows into the brine and They were log into the whiteness of milk, beautiful and
for you to deal with "em."
worried and teazed it as a dog inclinas his head to grind a bone, and mule nothing of thy living. brilliant cloud of foum she would crush from the saree and toss over her forecast, haping from the glittering uplival with shouting rigging and storming conyas, and a quital and oralt aux tramping along the whede deugth of her, as though the fabric was sounding her, solf to the charge and bracing hr soal to the conflict by a cment as nuinating as a land of mansio
To be castinat
To this I made no reply, and sand watebing How do you spell it?"
me by the dinned light of the lamp whilst i I spelt it. He repeated the words and said :
pley on my out and books and mude any way A
As I went up the latch, bo bawled v?Ly Tut, Haat+ You must belong to on deck. an meter family to possess such a name a
Keep her at soutti-erst, Mr. la Tometer." circle of the porthole was a diur disk of duthut. I reckon it's your own."
Ay, uy, prowled back, wishing him to tie orange from the reflection in the sky of_the
I reckon it is," I answered with wrth
deril, for my mind was still muddy with sleep. sunset, the key was turned outside, the door was opened, and they entered the little fat portant," says
Well, alongside of my mum it, senuta im. and I was vastly jerplexed with the position I but. I guess there's a was in; for even as I mounted the companion Amerkan captain. I started to my feet and relish about Salons that makes it go down hot steps I was thinking, with that miraculous shouted in words walch brokastuttering from and sweet, and Hicks isn't bad. It might fl rity which is the mind's in its springs from my lips in wrath a
WAT It might be lek."
idea to iden? Should I hoblit a post of honor to serve this mun because I have as good as passed my word to help him, or shoul-l it not. father be considered of higher honour with mẹ to recover my on the rty of the four kidnapped sailors by seizing the seltener and sailing after the feet
What is the meaning of this age? Is this your return for the immanity of my captain?"
Softly." says the little uran, "Stop ter the cabin, and I will explain.”
A lamp was hung up and its light unga fair illumination round about. The captain pulled off his round, broad-brimmed hat, and disclosed a black head of hair parted dose the mill, liberally oiled that it gleaned in the lantern's light like a crow's wing,
Ivan assure you, sir," says he blandly and meekly, "that this trick, which I have won forceel to play, grow against my untaire. I am a man of honour and would do unto my neigh- hours t I would they should de info big. When I am at home I am a decon und mach rospecteil."
I host in upon this oily jargon by crying Yes, sir, hut bere you are sailing away with me Whoro is my boat? Where are my man ? from is nu expedition despatched by King Do you know that the feast you have stolen George of Great Britain to found a British settlement in New Holland And in is Majesty's name I demand my release and return to my ship."
I hoped by swagger of manner and pomp of expression to excite his fears, for wo were not then at war with his nation, though the two countries had scarce yet wiped their bowlstsimusl swords. His seizing me in this fashion was an net of piracy, and war has been proclaimed on lighter grounds. He said coolly, and speaking iù a slow, exasperating, greasy voice:
I have a grost respect for your King and hope his expedition will redound to his credit and glory. Things are not so bad as they soon, Let me give you another glass of the wine yon liko."
Where are my men I cried. Where is my boat I beg you to return me to my ship at once. You can easily overtake her. I will offer an explanation that shall free you from ill-consegnenuos,"
Your inen are safe." answered the American captain. I want mon, and having got you and then I must keep you and them. See hore, sir, I have but for sailors to work this ship with. My mato is deal of fever. Three men I lost overbosed in a gale, and two men were took All and died
"What's this to me?" I burst ont. me aboard my ship!”
Fat
I reckoned when I saw your squadron," says he, going on as coolly as though he wore dis coarsing on the westler, or relating a small experiona of his voyage, "that your captris were not likely to give me men to help me. Men I must have, and you'll forgive me for saying things are not so bad as they seem.
I bit my lip and eyei him in silence. How could I reason with a man who was a liar and a traitor jo the holy panse of linmanity on the high soas
this here schooner, he continued.
.. You
suspect it often is," said 1, wondering ot this strange drift of his conversation and what ho would say next.
"You'll eternally oblige me if you will take say, the middle watch," said he, Lan alust lad worn out myself and the physie I want is a few hours sleep with the knowledge that property and the safety of all are in good hands. As to your sleeping quarters you shall have the wate's berth next to tine. Nathing could be more comfortable, and seafaring an expect bat
file here below
saluted by a flash of lightning in the far south- As I passed my head through this lateb 1 was west, which illuminati a huge block of moun- and invisible to the bye save when the ligating tuin-shaped clond lying seemingly motionless i
glanced. This side of it overheed the stars And get but little," says 1.
were abundant,, the Southern Cross extra- And get but little as you say," he repeated loads repusing in fair silver patches upon the ordinary bright and fine, and the Magellan' Young man, things are not so had as thesolvet dess. The wind was worth-mast, zaal the
sevi
1 am quite willing to stand the midteehooner saileri vey quietly, both aloft and watch." aid I. hat. Inst tll you I know
along her lids, over the long black heave of nothing of fore and aft suship."
the ar
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Tut!" cried he, look how few sails we carry compared to what you did. You shall get. the gear which sets and brails et in. the names of all in to minutes, together with Is there unch of a chance, think you, of one of yone meu proving a bit of coop
"I don't know, I answered shortly.
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Instinct and habit took me to the binnacle, and I looked at the eart art then at the belasman, whom I saw was no man of ours. He says vorg spertfully, letting go with his hour to Kaucks his brow, a civility plain in the sheen cast by thò compass lorap:
A We lande ven and our nigger shipunate are hoping
the milers who've boon beaught aboard
He shouted for one of the men forward to lay will give us and. It's hard work, and we've aft. Thus negro arrived.
How are your now shipmates getting on, Jomh ?" says he,
Dey are berry appy, sal." answered the black. Dey all suoro like one mo."
Get below," says the captain. und spread a cloth upon the table, and put the best food you can find in the lavder on it. This gentle Ban, who is now mate of the schooner has not saten since he died, which was, as I reckon. pretty nigh six hours ago, and in six lours Nature will make the strongest man fel holler" The negro went down the companion steps, and the captain walked to the uncle and enilet me.
Do you remember your latitude and long itude at noon to-day says he.
him.
Yes." I answered, at gave the figures to
had hard weather, and two of us have been sick and wonkl still be sick if we was a full com- pay."
Are they on deck says I.
"Two of an are forward there in the waist. says he. The others who took more and whose luards ain't so strong, lies as fast as if they'd gone one and was snug in their marrer
"
I sieppol a few paces forward and hailed the two figures whe stond growing together in pecch in the gangway.. "They approached dowy, with rather drunken motions.
"Who are you says I.
Johu in a sleepy, stapid way as though kis faen wore a prin
· John Andrews and Jack Martin,” answered
Where are your inates ?"!
of it off, replied Jack.
They was forced to drink and they're steep-
Forced to drak?" I cried, with Leanpor and indi, nation.
***How will this course do " says ke lookin' at the card which Iny trembling in a little disk of light under the glass of the binnacle. Van Diemen," says 1.
"Aren't you healing straight for the land of A more nertherly course will carry you to the Strait betwixt the
two countries.'
"Nothing more to the north at prosent," says he. Not whilst your fleet is standing to the
north."
want" said I.
What islands in the South Stae to you
The first that comes that is inhabited where business is to be done,” he answered.
But since you are bound from Tablo Bay to the islands how is it you are so far down south
voice.
-Ain't a sailor forced to drink when a holle
fro's set before him " said Joba.
Whereat the mm at the heli laughed. No oud could be served by my rating thei. Indeed thy were in a-hour he easily puroked into unpudene. I was sensible that in these twe en Captain Sale Hicks and trepanned a brace of the most ille and worthless fellows
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Wo were blown here, and that's the long. and short of it," says he in a rather dogge
"Here's Crow. He'll tell you it blew from the north-east and blew and blew, harder
Till we gets to pert," said Jack, and the and hardor, and we were so short hurled, we could do nothing with the ship until being it be a rummy lookout if the cle man dont blown down to about thirty degrees I made up make it a nosepray for ine, fust by payment of my Eind to fetch the islands by this roate, and my wages airied aboard the Lady Penryn'; put my hellum up, and that's why it is we are recond by stampin' up with the valley of my pounds: Third by Didn't it blow,clothes worth pounds an
forkin' over inrà solid fine for stealin' of me. I knows the law and I'in ngrecable to wait itel by blewell to a port. Oh, yes," says he with a
I want somebody to help me to navigate have left your clothes behind you, hat there ure plenty aboard here, and I will take ente to handsomely reward you for your services when our craise is up and Boston is reached. Isn't the life of a sailor the life of change? Suppose you had fallen overboard and been picked up by me; how grateful you'd be to find this way down south. yourself safe in this cubin! You've only got to
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I held my peace, sank in de thought. I I think I'll take your advice and let her go was in this man's power; he had likewise hid off." said the captain, after reflecting a little happed my four met. 'Twas certain he had during which he looked up at the sky hud round upon the son. There's no particular hurry. We'll clear the land of Tasman by a southerly course."
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are you going to do there?"
Blow answered the man at the holu in sturly voice, swaying off at the end of the. tillar to the lareli of the deck. It was a wall of wind. You might as well have tried to sail through cliffs."
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"I'm agoing to turn in,” says Jolor. says Jack.
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They reeled forward and disappeared, but where into what moremmodation, I did not know aar trouble to enquire. They were still
Beir tongues tiles by drink, key that was outside. Probably the noise of case of necessity, I understood his reed. It
harpened for insolence, and I was glad to be qut of them. Their conduct and indeed their Tokyo bis doing this, which would to trifling, was had governed him and was like to go on doing sunk or drowned in somne vreak or jur of the NC.
He sang out orders to the tire man forward previous character, convinced me that I should Yokohama schooner as she rolled. I had not heard bin What's the nume of your schooner?" says
to ease of the shoots with his own hauts do well to let matters rest: for even suppose Hyogo turn the key or shoot the belt. I was a strong I in a sullen, forbidding manner, which I could sucking away the tackle which comfined the the four of them helped me to seize the schooner Kobe
A and the stronger then for being wild and neither kinder ser dissemble, fortage inwardly great room on the mize mest.. The holi was they were ench trasfies, worthless rogues that Shinosaki mad at ising caught and trapped for some par- to be kidnapped, partly by lack of rulenco: then put up, and the schooner was head about at any moment they might turn upon n. ent pose I could not divine, and I tagged the for had I exerted the kust judgarunt. I should south-east, which I thought a very chaasy and my throat and wrock the schooner to plunder ber, or look about for other villains an tura door till I had like to have barst la passion of have declined to enter the cabin. Bat then, as sailorly piece of navigation, sing that. Tarsi
See al breath in my effort to strain it opon by the I have said, I was young and incid that was for the clear waters of Bass's Strait, without Hicks pat couidence in me and trust his Kun Sua
might have saved days of sailing by making pirates. handle. But all to no purpose. I might as I had also been urged by the thirst that was
1 wg longer surprised timi Captain Salena Chemn!po well buvo attempted
the least risk of his falling in with the ships of gehouer and even his life to my honour. He pall the vessele wall in upon me to accept his offer of wine. by grasping the side of the scuttle.
Ha auswered that the whowner's name was
our leet,
hal murked how readily my men land fallen But from beginning to and this adventure drunk, and no doubt grassed the conclusions I I stood trembling. My breast heaved -and | the Bedford."
was to be the oddest that ever befell a una sank as though I had run a mile from a sd Where are you from?" said I.. bill. I could not conceive why I had been Young man," ho answered, as though he of the characters in it the querest and myself would arrive at from this dograding o suured. Was this schootior a pirate? Was her would correct my imperious manner and southe most uncommon, insomuch that in slating it carronec. As I walked the deck--a short walk captain eeting with some design upon a ship of me too, I am from Cape Town and am bound find a difficulty in satisfying myself that I for the ship at best was but a small schroter- I thought of the Lady Ponlayn" und my the fleet? But the Sirius" was at hand, an for the South Sea Islands, thence to Boston-
put things in such a way as to convinen you of clothes. With the exception of soine money, all armed man-of-war; this Yankee might know "The South Sea Islands?" I cried. What their truth, that, if, supposing him to be a pirate, he did
ffo called one of the mush forward to come that. I oward in the world was in that ship. Manila not imagine that the freight of suae of the stips
aft and keep a lookont, and asked me to follow Bat Captain Sever was well disposed towards were a beggarly account of alops and supplies
hi holow. Here the lamp was burning bravely, and I might be sure that pitying us for the Sarawak almost expended, and of others—convicts"mule
and the negro had already set forth a supper hardship of being kidnapped by a scoundrel
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS and fomalo; no very marketable commodity oven
of cold ham, biscuit, cold salt beef, preserves Yankee he would takes care that it ever I turned
Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Frov, Wellesley up again I would find my clothes, nautical in- and other sea-delicates.
Johoro of the owners of the ship at home. to," says he. rolling to the windward on the heave of the swell your fortune through this adventure, and I duaud let us fallo to the table, Mr. la Tonele istruments, books, and the liko sufe in the custody
About half-past three the wind blowing Pabang Het ok the chair at the head of the table and north-nxt failed, the brooms swung in, the sails I one of the lockers alongside. I conlil not hut rushed to the door and tagged with a manine's Well, here I was! And whether, to use the wonder at the rapidity with which Fato had fastened and beat as in a calm. As I was with Batavia. strength, but again fell back panting, utterly at | rogue's inveterate expression, things were not worked out this traverse. He had kidnapped out knowledge of the handling of a vessel rigged Buitenzorg a loss, dismayed, confounded, filled with cou so bad as they seemed." or whether they were me and four others by the foulest, the ernellest for fore aut ut canvas. I want below and called sternation to a dogres I cannot express. What worse, I reflected that my best and indeed my strata that the basest ionginution of a san. would Captain Sever think? That I had only course was to fall in with the men's views mun could stoop to. Yet such were the obliga abandoned my colours for the American flag with as little sulkiness as I could manifest, und tins of the situation I found myself in, that in Had they seduced me into this ship to murder help him carry the ship to one of the South Sen
the next half hour I talkod to this caplain with. me? Determined that my life should not be Islands, where I might be able to leave her an out lacat, ato the cheer I fount upon the table,
When he arrived, before leaking at the wen- sold for a song. I looked about me for a weapon, make my way to Hotany Bay. In any case it and felt the better for it, and for the dranghether, or giving an order, be thanked me in a and mercilessly tumbled the contents of the
was necessary that I should make up my mind,
of excellent wine he pressed upon me, captain's lookers and drawers, but found nothing and my resolution formed I went on deck. He brought a chart of this part of the world, handsome manier for ny vigilance, and said in for my purpose except a pair of razors which The weather was dark, but the sky was clear but the surveys were so low and poor at that greasy note that it male lume happy to think I bore duit no ill-will for his usage of mo, and would not be so helpful in an onslaught knife in my pocket.
bud as they socmed. He then studied the night after casting his eyes upon the compass, and sang out:
Ju a land of slaves.
Trade," says he. That occupy you mouths," I crial. "Well, sir." said he, fortunes aren't made in a day, but I must go and look after my ship, and I hope you will help me in that work. Dead Presently I felt the vessel heeling over and upon it you shall not suffer in your pocket or in
with a steadiness that showed she was sailing. | beg you to believe that things are not so bad as This perception drove me crazy, and again I they sena.
And now come
the captain. He awoke with the alertuose of a sailor who seeps with his oyog slut but his British
French 1 reported heavy weather at hand. open. "All right. Mr. la Tonelia," says he. be with you in a minate."
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tbo az the stars plentiful; the wind was a brisk | period, the coutinats and islands in those that I night depend upon it tha things wero
little breeze, cool and sweet, from the westward, mighty waters so little known, that his chart and the amall seas ran aimably plashing in fire was useful only by telling us that certain lands against the schooner's sits and breaking back might be found in such and such parts, and that
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