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Page 60
... hear . The planters had an- other grievance the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ; it was hardly possible to get a cargo ...
... hear . The planters had an- other grievance the pirates in the Gulf of Mexico . There was one in particular , a certain El Demonio or Diableto , who practically sealed the Florida passage ; it was hardly possible to get a cargo ...
Page 71
... hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a quite guileless man with a strong dislike for the admiral's blundering — a dislike that all the seamen shared - and for people of the Topnambo ...
... hear . I wasn't going to poke my nose in , not I. But I admire you , my boy . " He was a quite guileless man with a strong dislike for the admiral's blundering — a dislike that all the seamen shared - and for people of the Topnambo ...
Page 72
... hear the tale . " There was a certain amount of sense in what he said . If warrants were out against me , he or some of the Kingston merchants whom he knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal ...
... hear the tale . " There was a certain amount of sense in what he said . If warrants were out against me , he or some of the Kingston merchants whom he knew , and who had no cause to love the admiral , might help me a good deal ...
Page 73
... hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the carriage . I thought the voice was Ramon's , but I could not turn , and the people in the carriage answered in French , 1 thought . A man was shouting " Cool Drinks " on the ...
... hear someone behind me talk Spanish to the occupants of the carriage . I thought the voice was Ramon's , but I could not turn , and the people in the carriage answered in French , 1 thought . A man was shouting " Cool Drinks " on the ...
Page 101
... hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other ...
... hear the lazy sound of the water at her bows , and the occasional flutter of a sail . The land breeze was dying away , and in the wake of the moon I perceived the boat of my pursuers coming over , black and distinct ; but the other ...
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