Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 · London : Cassell · leaf 107
part. What ship is that ? we signalled. The Vive la France, saysthey. Were Her Britannic Majestys corvette Blunderbuss, says we. Please have you seen a schooner with a milk-white hull and a redstripe ? Why, yes/ says the Mossoos, a matter of ten knots a-starn and bound due east; youll catch up with… … Dont you see the blue smoke a-rising from it ? (p. 101). \Yhen it got dark we darent show a light, as, of course, we didntwant the pirate to know we were a-coming. Suddenly the look-outforrud yells, Luff—luff your el-em. Man overboard ! \Yed a narrowshave of running down something that showed white…
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