Captain Brand of the "Centipede"

Captain Brand of the "Centipede" - A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life

A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Shout three times three, like Oceans surges, Join, brothers, join, the toast with me; Heres to the wind of life, which urges The ship with swelling waves oer sea! Masters, I can not spin a yarn Twice laid with words of silken stuff. A facts a fact; and ye may larn The rights o this, though wild and rough My words may loom. Tis your consarn, Not mine, to understand. Enough It was in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and five, and in the River Garonne, where a large, wholesome merchant brig lay placidly on the broad and shining water. The fair city of Bordeaux, with its great mass of yellow-tinted buildings, towers, and churches, rose from the rivers banks, and the din and bustle of the great mart came faintly to the ear. The sails of the brig were loosed, the crew were hauling home the sheets and hoisting the top-sails with the clear, hearty songs of English sailors, while the anchor was under foot and the cable rubbing with a taut strain against the vessels bluff bows. At the gangway stood a large, handsome seaman, bronzed by the sun and winds of about half a century, dressed in a square-cut blue jacket and loose trowsers, talking to the pilota brown little Frenchman, in coarse serge raiment and large, clumsy sabots. The conversation between them was carried on partly by signs, for, in answer to the pilot, the other threw his stalwart arm aloft toward the folds of the spreading canvas, and nodded his head. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 29047
Author: Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)
Release Date: Jun 5, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English