...moving 'at a speed far greater than ours passed under our lee, while a harsh summons was shouted odt to know who -we were, and whither bound. The ' Northumberland,'...troops, was the answer; and before the words were well out1 a banging noise was heard — the ports of the stranger ship »veré 'flung open, a bright flash...

...suggestion a spare sail was bent, and passed under the ship's bottom, which soon succeeded in arresting the progress of the leak, and, at the same time, assisted...before the words were well out, a banging noise was heard—the ports of the stranger ship were flung open, a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her...

...purity. MASONIC ANECDOTE.5 WE were staggering along, tinder light canvass, when the look-out a-head announced a light on the weather-bow ; it was evidently...out, a banging noise was heard — the ports of the stranger-ship were flung open — a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her entire length, and...

...so close, that her yard-arms actually touched our rigging as she yawed over in the sea. A mutterrf thanksgiving for our escape, for such it was, broke...out, a banging noise was heard — the ports of the stranger-ship were flung open — a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her entire length, and...

...dark shadow of the large mass, moving at a speed far greater than ours, passed under our lee, white a harsh summons was shouted out to know who we were,...out, a banging noise was heard — the ports of the stranger-ship were flung open — a bright flash, like a line of flame, ran her entire length, and...

...leeward !' and sure enough the dark shadow of the large mass, moving at a speed far greater than^ours, passed under our lee, while a harsh summons was shouted...poured into us. The old transport reeled over and tumbled like a thing of life — her shattered sides and torn bulwarks let in the water as she heeled...