Account of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa Performed By His Majestys S
Account of a Voyage to the Western Coast of Africa Performed By His Majestys S
F B Francis B Spilsbury
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He was very soon joined by the king, who, during the night, was very uneasy, changed his dress four or five times, and appeared very jealous. In the morning they returned. Before we took the Trio, we were extremely fearful the commodore would put his threat in execution of landing our poor unfortunate men on the African shore, and take the officers with him : 'had this been the case, very few would have lived to return to their native country. How pleasing then must have been the sound, ** Get ...all your things on deck to go on board the flag of truce ; " for we found they had converted the Trio into a cartel. Every thing was on deck in an instant : and a smile and colour broke forth from the pallid cheeks of my poor convalescents. We now thought all further plunder at an end, but soon found we were mistaken : every man's hammock was again searched by the commissary and another French marauder, who had been prize-master of the schooner from which Mr. Butterfield escaped. They took from each their tobacco pouches, knives, needles, and every article they could find, except barely the suit they had on, and their beds : the two former articles, in particular, are really a serious loss to a sailor.
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