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           Asthetidewasbeginningtorisewithitsaccustomedviolence,causedbythenarrownessofthestraits,thepiratesweredrawntowardstheriver,anditwasonlybydintofhardrowingthattheywereabletokeepinthemiddleofthechannel.But,astheywerepassingwithingoodrangeofthemouthoftheMercy,twoballssalutedthem,andtwomoreoftheirnumberwerelaidinthebottomoftheboat.NebandSpiletthadnotmissedtheiraim.

           Thebrigimmediatelysentasecondballonthepostbetrayedbythesmoke,butwithoutanyotherresultthanthatofsplinteringtherock.

           Theboatnowcontainedonlythreeablemen.Carriedonbythecurrent,itshotthroughthechannelwiththerapidityofanarrow,passedbeforeHardingandHerbert,who,notthinkingitwithinrange,withheldtheirfire,then,roundingthenorthernpointoftheisletwiththetworemainingoars,theypulledtowardsthebrig.

           Hithertothesettlershadnothingtocomplainof.Theiradversarieshadcertainlyhadtheworstofit.Thelatteralreadycountedfourmenseriouslywoundedifnotdead;they,onthecontrary,unwounded,hadnotmissedashot.Ifthepiratescontinuedtoattacktheminthisway,iftheyrenewedtheirattempttolandbymeansofaboat,theycouldbedestroyedonebyone.

           Itwasnowseenhowadvantageoustheengineer’sarrangementshadbeen.Thepirateswouldthinkthattheyhadtodealwithnumerousandwell-armedadversaries,whomtheycouldnoteasilygetthebetterof.

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