But the wind shifted and blew fresh with a violent sea.
"I won't call on old friends in foul weather," said Captain Paul to Israel.

"We'll saunter about a little, and leave our cards in a day or two." Next morning, in Glentinebay, on the south shore of Scotland, they fell in with a revenue wherry.

It was the practice of such craft to board merchant vessels.

The Ranger was disguised as a merchantman, presenting a broad drab-colored belt all round her hull; under the coat of a Quaker, concealing the intent of a Turk.

It was expected that the chartered rover would come alongside the unchartered one.