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I had sunk on the deck ; the men were clinging to the bulwarks ; the mate, Jacopo, stood by me, he alone under- stood my exclamation, I had not another Frenchman in the ship. A shout of astonish- VOL. III. I 170 LEGEND AND ROMANCE. ment sounded on my ears ; several voices cried out, ' Helm hard down ! ' I raised my head from the deck, a blaze of supernatural light was around us, a burst of thunder shook the skies ; and a large Dutch-built ship, staggering under a storm-sail, was standing into F...alse Bay : another instant, and we should have been wrecked on Cape Hanklip. The danger was only perceived at the exact moment to avoid it : we followed the stranger, the barque was saved. It was then, as I held by the wreck of the mainmast, Manielli rushed on me. ' Mur- derer and wizard son of hell !' he cried ; and, but for Jumbo, I should too soon have com- menced my service in that floating purgatory which yet piloted us. I saw him dragged from me, but I scarcely felt that I had been assailed.
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