I have no doubt, whatever, that it has saved me from much trouble; for the natives have almost got to believe that I only have to point my gun, and the man I wish to kill falls dead, however far distant." Two days after the departure of Mrs.Brooke, her brother and Stanley started down the Hoogly in a native trader.
"She is a curious-looking craft, uncle." "Yes; she would not be called handsome in home waters, but she is uncommonly fast; and I find her much more convenient, in many ways, than a British merchantman." "Is she yours, uncle ?" "No, she is not mine, and I do not exactly charter her; but she works principally for me.

You see, the wages are so low that they can work a craft like this for next to nothing.

Why, the captain and his eight men, together, don't get higher pay than the boatswain of an English trader.
"The captain owns the vessel.

He is quite content if he gets a few rupees a month, in addition to what he considers his own rate of pay.

His wife and his two children live on board.