They could make out that it consisted of a ship of forty-four guns, one of sixteen, and two bomb vessels, together with a fleet of native craft.
The pirate fleet were all getting up sail.
"It's a bold thing, Tim, to attack this fortress with only two ships, when the pirates have lately beaten a Dutch squadron mounting double the number of guns." "Ah, yer honor, but then there is the Union Jack floating at the masthead.

Do you think the creeturs don't know the differ ?" "But the Dutchmen are good sailors, and fought well, Tim.

I think the difference is that in the last case they attacked the Dutch, while in the present we are attacking them.

It makes all the difference in the world, with Indians.

Let them attack you, and they'll fight bravely enough.