The pirate, and The three cutters (1845) (14595407129)

Identifier: piratethreecutte00mar (find matches)
Title: The pirate, and The three cutters
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848
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Publisher: London (etc.) A. Fullarton and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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vacantlyabout him. Francisco had some little knowledge ofthe language of the Kroumen, and he addressed thenegro in that tongue. To his great joy, he wasanswered in a language which, if not the same, hadso great an affinity to it, that communication becameeasy. With the assistance of the negro, who usedstill less ceremony with his comrades, the remainderof them were awakened, and a palaver ensued. Francisco soon made them understand that they wereto make a raft and go back to their own country;explaining to them that if they remained there, thewater and provisions would soon be exhausted, andthey would all perish, The poor creatures hardlyknew whether to consider him a supernatural beingor not; they talked among themselves; they remarkedat his having brought them fresh water the daybefore; they knew that he did not belong to thevessel in which they had been wrecked, and theywere puzzled. Whatever might be their speculations, they had onegood effect, which was, that they looked upon the
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* \ e THE ESCAPE. 139 youth as a superior and a friend, and most willinglyobeyed him. He led them up to the knoll, and,desiring them to scrape away the sand, supplied themagain with fresh water and biscuit. Perhaps the verysupply, and the way in which it was given to them,excited their astonishment as much as any thing. Fran-cisco ate with them, and selecting from his sea-chestthe few tools in his possession, desired them to followhim. The casks were collected and rolled up; theempty ones arranged for the raft; the spars werehauled up, cleared of the rigging, which was carefullyseparated for lashings; the one or two sails whichhad been found rolled up on the spars were spreadout to dry; and the provisions and articles of clothing,which might be useful, laid together on one side.The negroes worked willingly, and shewed muchintelligence: before the evening closed, every thingwhich might be available was secured, and the wavesnow only tossed about lifeless forms, and the smallfragments o