...you please; and I'm much obliged to Miss Belinda in the corner for being good enough to laugh at it. Well (I said " well" before, but it's a word that...aloft to make sure about the land, and I did make sure of it. When I reported the same to the skipper, he went below, and had a look at his letter of...

...you please; and I'm much obliged to Miss Belinda in the corner for being good enough to langh at it. Well (I said "well" before, but it's a word that helps...Good Intent made such a voyage as that, I can tell yon. I was sent aloft to hake sure about the land, and I did make sure of it. When I reported the same...

...made for the Leeward Islands next ; and then stood on due south, till the look-out at the must-head hailed the deck, and said he saw land. That land was...aloft to make sure about the land, and I did make sure of it. When I reported the same to the skipper, he went below, and had a look at his letter of...

...half seem to like them. I can't rightly say how many barrels of powder we had on board, or how much each barrel held — I only know we had no other cargo....aloft to make sure about the land, and I did make sure of it. When I reported the same to the skipper, he went below, and had a look at his letter of...

...was the coast of South America. We had had a wonderful voyage so far. We had lost none of our spare or sails, and not a man of us had been harassed to death at the pumps. It wasn't oflen the Good Intent made such a voyage as that, I can tell you. I was sent aloft to make sure about...

...or a lantern; but he stuck to his old candlestick; and that same old candlestick has ever afterward stuck to me. That's another joke, if you please, and...aloft to make sure about the land, and I did make sure of it. When I reported the same to the skipper, he went below, and had a look at his letter of...