. Camps and firesides of the revolution . d canoe fishing inshore. We hailed them with, cracker- Have you got any fish ? They returned with, Have you got any rum ? We answered, Yes,will you come on board and taste it ? Then thev untied and made directly for us, but a blunder-were very much surprised with the manner of recep- hhfnderbusstion they met with. We had the blunderbush ready was a kindloaded and aimed on the side while they were to ot ]A\S., J . pistol, with board us. Mr. Littlepage, who was to act the part of a flaringthe lieutenant of a man of war, was furnished with nu^zIe-four loa
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . d canoe fishing inshore. We hailed them with, cracker- Have you got any fish ? They returned with, Have you got any rum ? We answered, Yes,will you come on board and taste it ? Then thev untied and made directly for us, but a blunder-were very much surprised with the manner of recep- hhfnderbusstion they met with. We had the blunderbush ready was a kindloaded and aimed on the side while they were to ot ]A\S., J . pistol, with board us. Mr. Littlepage, who was to act the part of a flaringthe lieutenant of a man of war, was furnished with nu^zIe-four loaded pistols and the like number of swords. With his laced hat and romantic countenance hemade an appearance much like another Black-beard, a famousSeveral more of our company were armed each with Pirate-a drawn sword and cocked pistol. Several pistols,three fowling pieces loaded, and some drawn swordswere lying in view on a table on the main deck. In this manner were we equipped and stationedready to receive the poor fishermen. When they. A WELL-DRESSED GENTLEMAN.(NICHOLAS BOVLSTON.) navy. No. i5] Practical Jokes 45 came near enough to observe our postures, they im-mediately lay on their oars and paddles with no smallconcern to know what we were. In a little time the The joke wasebb tide drew them alongside, and Littlepage asked *omakethe 0 10 fishermen them in a sailor-like manner if they would come on believe thatboard and serve his majesty. To this they made no theJokers , 1 , . .... were mem- reply, but kept gazing at us like so many thunder- bersofa struck persons. At last, with a discharge of our great press gun and small arms, flourishing our swords round our bodvofsaii- heads, we asked them to come on board directly, else ors from a we would sink them. sbip-of-war, out to sweep On hearing this, as if recovered from a trance, they up seafaringcalled out to one another with signs of the greatest men and j- • 1 1 • 1 • t-> 11 i compel them fear imaginable in their
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