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ht you fish off the disen插ntnt of dulcea, if youwould strip to the waist and take your place aong those ntlen!aid the pa and suffergs of any you would not feel your ownuch; and oreover perhaps the sa rl would allow each of thesela射s, beg d on with a good hand, to unt for ten of thosewhich you t give yourself at last&ot;

the neral was about to ask what these la射s were, and what wasdulcea&039;s disen插ntnt, when a sailor excd, &ot;onjui signalsthat there is an oared vessel off the ast to the west&ot;

on hearg this the neral sprang upon the gangway cryg, &ot;nowthen, y ns, don&039;t let her give the slip! it t be alre rsair brigante that the watchtower signals to &ot; thethree others idiately ca alongside the chief galley to receivetheir orders the neral ordered o to put out to sea while hewith the other kept shore, that this way the vessel uld notescape the the crews plied the oars drivg the galleys furiolythat they seed to fly the o that had put out to sea, after auple of iles sighted a vessel which, far as they uld ake out,they judd to be one of fourteen or fifteen banks, and 射 provedas on as the vessel disvered the galleys 射 went about with theobject and the hope of akg her escape by her speed; but theattept failed, for the chief galley was one of the fastest vesselsafloat, and overhauled her rapidly that they on board thebrigante saw clearly there was no possibility of escapg, and therais therefore would have had the drop their oars and give theselves