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The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago

CHAPTER VII
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On Woodes Rogers assuming the governorship of the Bahamas, La Bouche and England sailed for Madagascar.
[3] Stevenson, in "Treasure Island," evidently took his idea of John Silver, the one-legged pirate, from this incident.

"Now what a ship was christened" (he makes him say) "so let her stay, I says.

So it was with the _Cassandra_ as brought us all home from Malabar, after England took the Viceroy of the Indies....

First with England, then with Flint; that's my story." [4] Probably Stanton and Drage.
[5] In Lazenby's narrative, England is mentioned as Seegar, which was probably his real name, England being only an _alias_..


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