8/20 She was not slow, now, to imagine that his agency had not been trifling in carrying on the present fraud. It is not a week since I heard a mariner dwelling on her misdeeds, and the reasons that all good Italians have to detest her. We alter our paint often, and, at need, can alter our rig. You may be certain, however, that we hide our Jack-o'-Lantern, and sail under another name. The lugger, now she is in the English service, is called the 'Ving-and-Ving.'" "I heard the answer given to the hail from the shore, but it sounded different from this." "Non--Ving-and-Ving. |