... fire to some shipping in the harbour. From there he sailed to Scotland, where he landed on the estate of the Earl of Selkirk and plundered his lordship’s house of all the family p'ate. Later on he sailed round Ireland to the North Sea with three ships, the ...

... was fought in the middle of the English Channel, and the Britishers coming off the victors, carried away from the French 250 sail. ...

... Dolphin was a good mile nearer the coast; whilst the Jersey boats were four or five miles distant. Pierre at once made all sail to get outside the limits, and signalled the Dolp/in to do likewise. “See yonder craft,” said the old man, pointing to a c ...

... old Pierre Le Noury gave the orders to get under weigh, and in company with his other boats, the Dolphin and Marie, we set sail for the oyster grounds on the opposite coast of France. Owing to the light wind it was nearly dusk when we reached our ground ...

... crossbow was fixed to a stock and discharged by @ rigger. IN JANUARY, 1852, the Birkenkead, an iro® paddle-wheel transport sailed from Queenstow? for the Cape with drafts of the 12th Lancers 2nd, 6th, 12th, 43rd, 45th, 6oth, 73rd, 74th and 91st Regiments ...

... November 21, 1717. Captain Maynard had the wretch’s head cut off and hung to his bowsprit, and after exhibiting it in Bath, he sailed with it to the James River. ...

... British admiral who got into the Royal service “through the hawse-hole,” was born at Shrewsbury in 1630. On July 11th, 1702, he sailed from Port Royal with eight ships of the line, a fire ship, a bomb ketch, and a sloop. On August 19th he fell in with the French ...

... our land We'll sajl the seas again. Chorus— Again and yet again, For freedom yet again The stormy petrels of our land We'll sail the seas again. Stk SN\ 7 \ e R AN 7 e, e L u : e G L B TS A 90 R 57 ; ! ‘ L;.' ) R . ‘f,-,‘ . y“,. ¥ =7 o ' \/h \@ (. ...

... spans the tide. Chorus— Wwe'll hoist our flag again, - For freedom yet again [land The stormy, stormy petrels of our We'll sail the seas again. Our flag still shrouds the men who die At duty’s call to-day ; Then fling it out, aye, mast-head high, The ...

... consideration that the regiment had only landed a few weeks previously from a long and tedious voyage round the Cape, having sailed from Kingstown on August Ist, 1857, and that the men were quite unaccustomed to the intense heat of a tropical sun, this example ...

... An Ocean Acquaintance. A COLONEL BAGSHOT was some years ago’ on his way back from India when thé vessel in which he was sailing foundered. Always on the alert, however, the gallant soldier secured a hencoop which he victualled with a dozen of brandy ...

... from the Rio de la Plata on the restoration of all the captive British ; and the army re-embarked on July loth. The: 88th’:sailed with the first division for England, having lost in killed and wounded during the actual assault on the city 230 officers ...