The sufferings and escape of CaptChasHBrown from an awful imprisonment by Chilian convicts . a war steamer, with theEnglish flag ! My heart leaped to mymouth, as I sprung to my feet, and themate seemed to gather courage from thevery sense of the vicinity of his country- 80 IMPRISONMENT AND ESCAPE OF men, and from liis confidence in theprotection of his flag. One momentsglance showed me that even amidst theirexcitement, some of the guards werewatching us from the other room; andmanaging to caution the mate by aglance, I endeavored to assume as naturalan air as possible, listening and askingques
The sufferings and escape of CaptChasHBrown from an awful imprisonment by Chilian convicts . a war steamer, with theEnglish flag ! My heart leaped to mymouth, as I sprung to my feet, and themate seemed to gather courage from thevery sense of the vicinity of his country- 80 IMPRISONMENT AND ESCAPE OF men, and from liis confidence in theprotection of his flag. One momentsglance showed me that even amidst theirexcitement, some of the guards werewatching us from the other room; andmanaging to caution the mate by aglance, I endeavored to assume as naturalan air as possible, listening and askingquestions as if from mere curiosity. Igathered from the guard and from tlieidlers round the camp who flocked in,that Cambiaso liad expressed his deter-mination to attempt to capture thesteamer; that the Chilian flag had beenrun up at the flag-staft, and a gun firedto attract the attention of the steamer,and induce them to come into the har-bor and drop anchor. At last, she wasseen to make for the harbor, and to beevidently making preparations to name, they told me, was the
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