I do not know whether she was going to cruise about here for a time, but I should rather think that now that her consorts have gone and this place been discovered she will not stay here, for she never intended to cruise in these waters long.

I know that her destination was the Indian Ocean, and she intended to capture Indiamen on their way out or home." "In that case our expedition has been more satisfactory than I expected," the captain said.

"We shall have discovered and destroyed their depot here, captured anyhow some valuable stuff, and caused the two privateers that we have been hunting for so long to leave the islands, to say nothing of this brig of yours, of which we had not heard.

Well, Mr.Wylde, what is your report ?" "It will take a long time to go through the whole sir, but I should say that we have taken a most valuable prize.

Part of the goods consist of produce of these parts--puncheons of rum and hogsheads of sugar in any number.