This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... He and his mates were armed with swords and pistols, and cutlasses were put into the hands of two or three of the crew. The long-boat had been washed overboard; but they had succeeded in securing the jolly-boat, which they now lowered away, and dropped into the water under the vessel's lee. The crew ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... He and his mates were armed with swords and pistols, and cutlasses were put into the hands of two or three of the crew. The long-boat had been washed overboard; but they had succeeded in securing the jolly-boat, which they now lowered away, and dropped into the water under the vessel's lee. The crew were already embarking before we well understood what they were about; but as soon as we comprehended that they were going to desert the ship, we rushed franticly forward, and demanded to be taken on board. This they had expected, and they were prepared for it. Three or four pistol shots were fired among us, and several of us were severely wounded by the sailors' cutlasses. At the same time they cried to us to stand back, and they would take us on board as soon as all things were ready. Terrified and confused, we stood a moment doubting what to do. The sailors improved this interval to jump on board. "Cast off," shouted the captain; the seamen bent to their oars, and the boat was fast quitting the vessel, before we had recovered from our momentary hesitation. We raised a shout, or rather a scream, of terror, at finding ourselves thus deserted; and three or four poor wretches, on the impulse of the moment, sprang into the water, in the hope of reaching the boat. All but one sunk instantly in the boiling surge; he, a man of herculean frame, springing with all the effort of a death-struggle, was carried far beyond the rest, and rising through the billows, found himself just behind the boat. He stretched out his hand and caught the rudder. The captain was steering. He drew a pistol and fired it at the head of the swimmer. We heard a scream above all the noise of the tempest. It was only for a moment; he sunk, and we saw him no more. It is...
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