Hero tales of the far North . A KNIGHT ERRANT OF THE SEA 13 of the night, which had made him lose abigger prize, and with the money they gota sound Hogging. The account of the duel between his firstfrigate, LovendahTs Galley, of eighteen guns,and a Swede of twenty-eight guns reads likethe doings of the old vikings, and indeedboth commanders were likely descendedstraight from those arch fighters. Wessclcertainly was. The other captain wras anEnglish officer, Bactman by name, whowas on the way to deliver his ship, that hadbeen bought in England, to the met in the North Sea and fell t
Hero tales of the far North . A KNIGHT ERRANT OF THE SEA 13 of the night, which had made him lose abigger prize, and with the money they gota sound Hogging. The account of the duel between his firstfrigate, LovendahTs Galley, of eighteen guns,and a Swede of twenty-eight guns reads likethe doings of the old vikings, and indeedboth commanders were likely descendedstraight from those arch fighters. Wessclcertainly was. The other captain wras anEnglish officer, Bactman by name, whowas on the way to deliver his ship, that hadbeen bought in England, to the met in the North Sea and fell to fight-ing by noon of one day. The afternoon ofthe next saw them at it yet. Twice thecrew of the Swedish frigate had thrown downtheir arms, refusing to fight any the vessel had tried to get away ; theDane hung to it like a leech. In the after-noon of the second day Wessel was informedthat his powder had given out. He hada boat sent out with a herald, who pre-sented to Captain Bactman his regrets thathe had to qui
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