... the character of being a first-rate seaman, so that we have every reason for expecting to arrive in safety at our destination." "Oh, I am not at all afraid," said Mary "Besides, you know, papa, ... HURRICANE Next morning, as soon as the boys appeared on deck, the captain again called them aft "Aloft with you, lads, and black down the main-rigging," he exclaimed as they approached him, looking ... spars were shot away instead At length the French captain, delivering another broadside, ranged up alongside with the intention of boarding An attempt was made to avoid this, and boarding nettings...