Dat d--n good idea, anyhow;--but suppose we send our own boat, what they tink on board of de oder vessel?
Lower down lilly boat from stem, put in four men, and drop vessel 'longside--dat it." This was done; the cutter was on the seaward side of the ship, and, as the ship was the outermost vessel, was concealed from the view of the Spaniards on board of the other vessels, and in the battery on shore.
As soon as the lateen vessel was alongside, the men who had already been secured on deck, amounting to seven, were lowered into her, and laid upon the beans in the hold; all except the captain, the two cabin-prisoners, and the captain's servant.

They then went down below, took off one part of the hatches, and ordered the Spaniards up from the hold: as they came on deck they were made fast and treated in the same manner.

Mesty and the men went down to examine if there were any left concealed, and finding that they were all out, returned on deck.

The men who had been beaten down in the hold were twenty-two in number, making the whole complement of thirty.

As soon as they had all been put into the xebeque, she was again hauled off and anchored outside, and Jack found himself in possession of a fine ship of fourteen guns, with three prisoners male and three prisoners female.
When the men returned in the boat from the vessel in which the prisoners had been confined (the hatches having been secured over them, by way of further precaution), by the advice of Mesty they put on the jackets and caps of the Spanish seamen, of which there was a plentiful supply below.
"Now, what's to be done, Mesty ?" inquired Jack.
"Now, sar, we send some of the men aloft to get sails all ready, and while they do that I cast loose this fellow," pointing to the captain's servant, "and make him get some breakfast, for he know where to find it." "Capital idea of yours, Mesty, for I'm tired of bean-soup already, and I will go down and pay my respects to the ladies." Mesty looked over the counter.