Some people think the woolly-heads are miserable, working on hot plantations under a broiling sun--and all such sorts of inconveniences.

Well, captain, I have been, in my time, a man who has been willing to give them the pleasures of variety, at least, by changing the scene for them.

You understand me ?" "You are, in plain language, a kidnapper." "Have been, my worthy captain--have been; but just now a little reduced, like a merchant who leaves off selling tobacco by the hogshead, to deal in it by the yard.

I have been a soldier, too, in my day.

What is said to be the great secret of our trade, can you tell me that ?" "I know not," said Middleton, beginning to tire of the fellow's trifling: "courage ?" "No, legs--legs to fight with, and legs to run away with--and therein you see my two callings agreed.