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Added to this, the captain, though a man of some experience as a seaman, had no control of the crew, and was quite at a loss how to manage them. ADDED TO THIS THE CAPTAIN THOUGH A MAN OF SOME EXPERIENCE AS A SEAMAN HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CREW AND WAS QUITE AT A LOSS HOW TO MANAGE THEM
r schooners hove in sight and ran into the bay. She was small, sat deep in the water, was scarcely three hundred tons burthen, but managed to stow three hundred and forty negroes with ease, and would have taken more had not intelligence from the lookouts been brought in, that a square rig was coming down the coast. Charles Bramble hesitated whether he should embark in this craft. It was consigned to his former owners, the very men he wished to meet. He might have to wait for months in order to obtain another chance, it was hardly a matter of choice with him, but became one of necessity, and he embarked accordingly. Charles Bramble was no sooner fairly at sea than he was filled with amazement at the condition of matters on board the slaver. Himself accustomed to enforce the most rigid discipline, he here saw a perfect bedlam; a crew of some thirty people, composed of the vilest of the vile, who must have been shipped only with an eye to numbers, and no regard for character or stability. HOSE FLAT LOW DARK CLIPPER SCHOONERS HOVE IN SIGHT AND RAN INTO THE BAY SHE WAS SMALL SET DEEP IN THE WATER WITH SCARCELY THREE HUNDRED TONS BURTHEN BUT MANAGED TO STOW THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY NEGROES WITH EASE AND WOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE HAD NOT INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LOOKOUTS BEEN BROUGHT IN THAT A SQUARE RIG WAS COMING DOWN THE COAST CHARLES BRAMBLE HESITATED WHETHER HE SHOULD EMBARK IN THIS CRAFT IT WAS CONSIGNED TO HIS FORMER OWNERS THE VERY MEN HE WISHED TO MEET HE MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT FOR MONTHS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ANOTHER CHANCE IT WAS HARDLY A MATTER OF CHOICE WITH HIM BUT BECAME ONE OF NECESSITY AND HE EMBARKED ACCORDINGLY CHARLES BRAMBLE WAS NO SOONER FAIRLY AT SEA THAN HE WAS FILLED WITH AMAZEMENT AT THE CONDITION OF MATTERS ON BOARD THE SLAVER HIMSELF ACCUSTOMED TO ENFORCE THE MOST RIGID DISCIPLINE HE SAW A PERFECT BEDLAM A CREW OF SOME THIRTY PEOPLE COMPOSED OF THE BILIST OF THE VILE WHO MUST HAVE BEEN SHIPPED ONLY WITH AN EYE TO NUMBERS AND NO REGARD FOR CHARACTER OR STABILITY
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