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"All hands, Mr. Faulkner, and 'bout ship; that square rig and the heavy lift of those topsails tell what there must be below to sustain them. Lively, sir, the 'Sea Witch' must show her qualities." ALL HANDS MISTER FAULKNER AND BOUT SHIP THAT SQUARE RIG AND THE HEAVY LIFT OF THOSE TOPSAILS TELL WHAT THERE MUST BE BELOW TO SUSTAIN THEM LIVELY SIR THE SEA WITCH MUST SHOW HER QUALITIES
st, where she had marked the heavy calibre of the gun amidship, its well as the neat and serviceable array of small arms within the entrance to the cabin. "It is a treacherous latitude, lady, and the strong arm often makes the right," he answered again, evasively, as he called her attention to some distant object in the horizon, while at the same moment there was shouted from aloft: "Land O!" "Land, land!" repeated the gentle being by his side, "what land?" "Africa," quietly responded the captain, without a token of satisfaction. "Africa? that is indeed an inhospitable shore; can we land there?" "Yes, I shall make sure that you land safely, and can despatch you to Sierra Leone, from whence you can take ship for England, but--" "Sail O!" shouted the lookout. "Whereaway?" asked the captain promptly, seizing a deck trumpet and abruptly turning from her to whom he had been speaking, while his whole manner changed at once. "A couple of points on the larboard beam, sir," answered the seaman. EN SHOWN ABOUT THE DECKS AT HER OWN REQUEST WHERE SHE HAD MARKED THE HEAVY CALIBRE OF THE GUN AMIDSHIP AND ITS WELL AS WELL AS THE NEAT AND SERVICEABLE ARRAY OF SMALL ARMS WITHIN THE ENTRANCE TO THE CABIN IT IS A TREACHEROUS LATITUDE LADY AND THE STRONG ARM OFTEN MAKES THE RIGHT HE ANSWERED AGAIN EVASIVELY AS HE CALLED HER ATTENTION TO SOME DISTANT OBJECT IN THE HORIZON WHILE AT THE SAME MOMENT THERE WAS SHOUTED FROM ALOFT LAND OH LAND LAND REPEATED THE GENTLE BEING BY HIS SIDE WHAT LAND AFRICA QUIETLY RESPONDED THE CAPTAIN WITHOUT A TOKEN OF SATISFACTION AFRICA THAT IS INDEED AN INHOSPITABLE SHORE CAN WE LAND THERE YES I SHALL MAKE SURE THAT YOU LAND SAFELY AND CAN DESPATCH YOU TO SIERRA LEONE FROM WHENCE YOU CAN TAKE SHIP FOR ENGLAND BUT SAIL OH SHOUTED THE LOOKOUT WHERE AWAY ASKED THE CAPTAIN PROMPTLY SEIZING A DECK TRUMPET AND ABRUPTLY TURNING FROM HER TO WHOM HE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WHILE HIS WHOLE MANNER CHANGED AT ONCE A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THE LARBOARD BEAM SIR ANSWERED THE SEAMAN
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