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Voices were heard issuing from the fore hatch, and two or three petty officers were seated about the entrance to the cabin, smoking cigars and pipes, all unconscious of any danger. VOICES WERE HEARD ISSUING FROM THE FORE HATCH AND TWO OR THREE PETTY OFFICERS WERE SEATED ABOUT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CABIN SMOKING CIGARS AND PIPES ALL UNCONSCIOUS OF ANY DANGER
English which they speak. "Hist! hist!" whispered the Quadroon, "we are almost upon them!" "In which direction?" asked the English officer. "Here, see you not those bright, silver-like scales through the leaves?" "Yes." "That is the river's bed, and they lie on board their craft, moored close to us." "How many do they number?" "I know not." "It is not important," continued the Englishman, turning to his followers, and in a low voice bidding them look to their weapons, for the game was near at hand. A few more steps brought the party to the skirts of the thicket, where it bordered on a small clearing, opening upon the river, and looking across which--while they were themselves screened by the jungle--they discovered the dark hull of the "Sea Witch," with her lower masts and their standing rigging. The vessel was moored close to the shore, with which a portable gangway connected it. Shallow as the water was, yet so light was her draft that she evidently floated upon its sluggish current. ARE NOT FROM THE TONGUES OF NATIVES THAT IS ENGLISH WHICH THEY SPEAK HIST HIST WHISPERED THE QUADROON WE ARE ALMOST UPON THEM IN WHICH DIRECTION ASKED THE ENGLISH OFFICER HERE YOU SEE NOT THROUGH THOSE BRIGHT SILVER LIKE SCALES THROUGH THE LEAVES YES THAT IS THE RIVER'S BED AND THEY LIE ON BOARD THEIR CRAFT MOORED CLOSE TO US HOW MANY DO THEY NUMBER I KNOW NOT IT IS NOT IMPORTANT CONTINUED THE ENGLISHMAN TURNING TO HIS FOLLOWERS AND IN A LOW VOICE BIDDING THEM LOOK TO THEIR WEAPONS FOR THE GAME WAS NEAR AT HAND A FEW MORE STEPS BROUGHT THE PARTY TO THE SKIRTS OF THE THICKET WHERE IT BORDERED ON A SMALL CLEARING OPENING UPON THE RIVER AND LOOKING ACROSS WHICH WHILE THEY WERE THEMSELVES SCREENED BY THE JUNGLE THEY DISCOVERED THE DARK HALL OF THE SEA WITCH WITH HER LOWER MASTS AND THEIR STANDING RIGGING THE VESSEL WAS MOORED CLOSE TO THE SHORE WITH WHICH A PORTABLE GANGWAY CONNECTED IT SHALLOW AS THE WATER WAS YET SO LIGHT WAS HER DRAFT THAT SHE EVIDENTLY FLOATED UPON ITS SLUGGISH CURRENT
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