See how swiftly the ship comes on! If the captain had waited for us to pull off, or even started up and let us go off diagonally, the ship would have come so near, that there would have been no escaping her guns.

I don't know as there is now.

If any of those shot should strike the masts, or tear through the sails, there would be no getting away.
"I want you to look at it just as I do," Raed continued; for we none of us had said a word.

"If we had tried to get on board, 'The Curlew' would certainly have been captured, and we with her.

Now she stands a chance of getting off." _Bang!_ What a tremendous gun! The large ship was getting off opposite.