. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. 1 -1. 68 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY frigate Pearl. There was sUch a high searunning at the time that the captain of thePearl decided, after taking four or five menout of the Lexington, not to transfer the restof her crew to his own ship. So he placed herin charge of a prize crew, with orders to followthe Pearl. As night came on, the gafe increased andthe sea became more boisterous. The prizeofficers, thinking no danger was to be appre-hended from the prisoners unSer such circum-stances, slacked up in their vigilance, andeven
. The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897. 1 -1. 68 THE HISTORY OF OUR NAVY frigate Pearl. There was sUch a high searunning at the time that the captain of thePearl decided, after taking four or five menout of the Lexington, not to transfer the restof her crew to his own ship. So he placed herin charge of a prize crew, with orders to followthe Pearl. As night came on, the gafe increased andthe sea became more boisterous. The prizeofficers, thinking no danger was to be appre-hended from the prisoners unSer such circum-stances, slacked up in their vigilance, andeventually both the prize captain and theof^cer of the deck went below for a comfort-ing toddy. At that the watchful Yankeesknocked the British sailor from the tiller andthe guards to the deck, secured the compan-ionway against the exit of the ofificers, and,putting up the helm, headed away for Balti-more, where they arrived safely. A leading spirit in this recapture was Mas-ters Mate Richard Dale, whp afterwards, asthe executive ofificer of the Bonhomine Rich-ard, under John P
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