She wus such a trig sailor Sanchez decided to keep her afloat, an' sent a prize crew aboard ter sail her inter Porto Grande.

I wus one o' the fellers picked fer thet job, an' we wus told off under a nigger mate, named LaGrasse--he wus a French nigger from Martinique, and a big devil--an' our orders wus ter meet Sanchez three days later.

His vessel wus a three-masted schooner, the fastest thing ever I saw afloat, called the _Vengeance_, an' by that time she wus chock up with loot.

Still at that she could sail 'bout three feet to our one.

Afore night come we wus out o' sight astern.
Thar wus eight o' us in the crew, beside the nigger, an' we had twelve Dutchmen under hatches below.