"I don't think there is much chance of my being noticed until we get on board the junks, and then they won't know which boat I came off in, and the first lieutenant will be too busy to blow me up.

Of course I shall get it when I am on board again, but I don't mind that so that I see the fun.

Besides, I want to send home some things to my sister, and she will like them all the better if I can tell her I captured them on board some junks we seized and burnt." The next morning the crews mustered before daybreak.

Percy had already taken his place under the bow thwart of the gig.

The davits were swung overboard, and two men took their places in her as she was lowered down by the falls.