We had an anxious night last night, I assure you.

We have been terribly lucky.

If the wind had veered a few more points to the east, we should have been done for.

We never could have beaten off in such a sea as this." "Are you going to Sydney ?" "No; we are in chase of a boat full of escaped convicts from Launceston.

Cunning dogs; they would not land in the Straits.