Jacob Faithful . arried the tide with us, and inthe afternoon were close to the frigate, whose blue ensignwaved proudly over the taffrail. There was a considerable seaarising from the wind meeting the tide, and before we arrivedclose to her, we had shipped a great deal of water ; and whenwe were alongside, the wherry, with the chest in her bows,pitched so heavily, that we were afraid of being as a rope had been made fast to the chest, and they wereweighing it out of the wherry, the ships launch with watercame alongside, and, whether from accident or wilfully I knownot, although I
Jacob Faithful . arried the tide with us, and inthe afternoon were close to the frigate, whose blue ensignwaved proudly over the taffrail. There was a considerable seaarising from the wind meeting the tide, and before we arrivedclose to her, we had shipped a great deal of water ; and whenwe were alongside, the wherry, with the chest in her bows,pitched so heavily, that we were afraid of being as a rope had been made fast to the chest, and they wereweighing it out of the wherry, the ships launch with watercame alongside, and, whether from accident or wilfully I knownot, although I suspect the latter, the midshipman who steeredher, shot her against the wherry, which was crushed in, andimmediately filled, leaving Tom and me in the water, and indanger of being jammed to death between the launch and theside of the frigate. The seamen in the boat, however, forcedher off with their oars, and hauled us in, while our wherrysank with her gunnel even with the waters edge, and floatedaway astern. 334. The seamen in the boat forced her o_ff with theirCopyright 1895 by Macmillan &? Co. JACOB FAITHFUL As soon as we had shaken ourselves a little, we went upthe side, and asked one of the officers to send a boat to pickup our wherry. * Speak to the first lieutenant—there he is, was the reply. I went up to the person pointed out to me ; If you please,sir What the devil do you want ? A boat, sir, to A boat! the devil you do ! To pick up our wherry, sir, interrupted Tom. Pick it up yourself, said the first lieutenant, passing us,and hailing the men aloft. Maintop there, hook on yourstays. Be smart. Lower away the yards. Marines and after-guard, clear launch. Boatswains mate ! Here, sir. Pipe marines and after-guard to clear launch. Ay, ay, sir. But we shall lose our boat, Jacob, said Tom to stove it in, and they ought to pick it up. Tom thenwent up to the masters mate, whom we had brought on board,and explained our difficulty. Upon my soul, I darnt say a word. Im
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