Studies in Naval History. Biographies
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And when the wind blew across the channels, that ships could sail their course either up or down, then to keep the ship in a fair way ; in the daytime to steer the common course, under the courses and lower stay- sails, and in the night under topsails with the courses in the brails, with all things as ready as possible for action, and to take or leave what we might fall in with.
This manner of cruising proved successful. In the ' Gentleman's Magazine,' under date 31 December, 1746, we read : ' ...Came advice that the Fame, privateer, had taken sixteen French ships in the Levant, worth 400,000J.' One of these, carrying twenty guns and 150 men, had been fitted out by the French factories on the coast of Caramania, specially to put an end to Mr.
Wright's cruise, but was herself captured and sent into Messina. An adventure, which savours strongly of fiction, though it is probably enough founded on fact, is related in the ' Gentleman's Magazine ' for 1757, but refers to this time.
A certain Selim, an Armenian, on his passage to Genoa, had, in the usual style of the eighteenth century romances, been captured by Algerine corsairs, and carried into slavery, from which by the aid of and in company with his master's daughter, the beautiful Zaida> FOKTUNATUS WEIGHT.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And when the wind blew across the channels, that ships could sail their course either up or down, then to keep the ship in a fair way ; in the daytime to steer the common course, under the courses and lower stay- sails, and in the night under topsails with the courses in the brails, with all things as ready as possible for action, and to take or leave what we might fall in with.
This manner of cruising proved successful. In the ' Gentleman's Magazine,' under date 31 December, 1746, we read : ' ...Came advice that the Fame, privateer, had taken sixteen French ships in the Levant, worth 400,000J.' One of these, carrying twenty guns and 150 men, had been fitted out by the French factories on the coast of Caramania, specially to put an end to Mr.
Wright's cruise, but was herself captured and sent into Messina. An adventure, which savours strongly of fiction, though it is probably enough founded on fact, is related in the ' Gentleman's Magazine ' for 1757, but refers to this time.
A certain Selim, an Armenian, on his passage to Genoa, had, in the usual style of the eighteenth century romances, been captured by Algerine corsairs, and carried into slavery, from which by the aid of and in company with his master's daughter, the beautiful Zaida> FOKTUNATUS WEIGHT.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Laughton, John Knox, 1830-1915 to read onlineMoreLess
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