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43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon you lads think the old _Essex_ has got about as much as she can stagger under, eh?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I allow we've got a good big job on our hands, lads, the old man said, speaking thoughtfully, as if weighing well every word,"
},
{
"fro... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll answer for it that our comrades hold those two Britishers in check until we can get back,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will give you all the same show, he said;"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I count on staying here, if Captain Porter don't drive me out, he said emphatically, thus showing that his decision had been made before we came below."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You know, Ezra, that I don't amount to much when it comes to a show of bravery; but ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hold your jaw, you lubbers! he shouted with such a volume of sound that he must have been heard distinctly by those on the quarter-deck."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The captain wants to know how many of us is achin' to get home before the Britishers send half a do... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This 'ere won't do at all. Some of us are bound to go, seein's how we can't let that cargo of oil run to waste. Of course _I'll_ hold to the frigate; but them as have got wives an' children ashore ought 'er get over to port, an' we'll feel no shame for 'em, knowin' as we do that... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Surely you will stand our friend in this matter, Cousin Stephen,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In what way, Ezra? Are so many eager to see home again that you fear there'll be no room for you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It's just the other way, sir, Phil broke in."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a man will volunteer, and some of them have ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Those men who have families must go, he said finally, after declaring that it had become necessary for him to settle the matter, since the crew themselves could not."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "A list shall be made out of such as have others depending upon them, a... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In the way of service to the public, perhaps the greatest performed by the _Essex_ was protecting American ships in the Pacific, nearly all of which would probably have fallen into the hands of the enemy but for her appearance in that ocean. But the positive injury done the Engl... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I allow, lads, that we've come to an end of the 'luck' for the time bein'. That 'ere craft will muster more men accordin' to her size than we can."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Gettin' afraid, eh?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit of it, you lub... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ezra McKnight! Philip Robbins!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're a beauty!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is the lieutenant thinkin' of to send a couple of infants out on a job like this?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Perhaps it would be a good idea for you to ask him; I don't care to take the chances of so doing, even though your curiosity is not satisfied, I said... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Remember, McKnight, that you are not to make any effort at boarding, however tempting may be the opportunity. Get ahead of the chase and drive in her boats, after which you will return as soon as possible."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I understand, sir, Stephen rep... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They can't stand that kind of a game very long, Master Hackett said, as he wounded one of the Britishers in the foremost boat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They've come out to pull an oar an' ain't in shape for a fight, so it don't stand to reason they'll hold thei... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Ay, lad, the captain is goin' to board her, Master Hackett said quietly, when I called his attention to the frigate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I counted the old man would be at that fun mighty soon after we'd got into position, an' the worst of it is that we don... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The boarders will soon be goin' over the Britisher's rail, an' then comes the time for us to pull a little nearer, Master Hackett whispered to me, as if thinking I needed cheering."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take aim at the gunners, an' it'll make you a heap easi... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The 'luck of the _Essex_' still holds good, Master Hackett cried gleefully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yonder ship will show well among our fleet, an' it's a pity we can't give her a crew of decent size."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If that 'ere squall had held off five minutes longer, we'd have been in possession,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What will we do? I asked of Master Hackett when our misfortune was known on the gun-deck."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're not likely to come across ammunition in these waters, unless by taking more prizes; and it begins to appear as if we'd driven all the Britis... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We haven't outrun our luck, an' that's a fact! Yonder craft is the same we lost in the squall--the one that gave us such a long job with nothin' but a few broken oars to show for it!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, Master Hackett said deliberately, when the news I have set down above was made known on the gun-deck,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What then, Master Hackett?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What then, lad? Why, I reckon we'll have to take our med... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nooaheevah, and"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Noukahiva,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I have heard too of an English vessel that many years ago, after a weary cruise, sought to enter the bay of Nukuheva, and arriving within two or three miles of the land, was met by a large canoe filled with natives, who offered to lead the way to the place of their destination. ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Seein's how we've driven the Britishers out of the Pacific Ocean, so to speak, I reckon it won't be any very hard job to wipe up the earth with a lot of niggers that ain't supposed to know the muzzle of a musket from the stock."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How much show would an old shellback who must depend upon a cutlass or a boarding pike, stand against these black fellows in a bit of woods so thick that you couldn't swing a cat?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We've muskets enough to arm all hands, an' I allow that ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Massachusetts"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The captain kept his face straight when the lad begun, and then Mr. Maury tried to back down from repeatin' all that was said; but our commander wouldn't have any such sneakin' as that. 'Repeat every word, sir!' he cried, an' the little midshipman went at it lookin' as if he cou... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "would desert her immediately we began to"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't reckon him as serves for the roast at one of these 'ere feasts knows very much about what's goin' on, seein's how he's dead an' baked; but it has always struck me that I'd rather have a grave in the ground, than inside one of these 'ere niggers."
},
{
"from": "gp... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hanging obliquely from his girdle by a loop of sinnate, was a richly decorated pipe; the slender stem was colored with a red pigment, and round it, as well as the idol-bowl, fluttered little streamers of thinnest tappa. But that which was most-remarkable in the appearance of the... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I see they've taken the younger sailors, he said to Phil and me as we watched the small body of white men, completely encircled by the fierce-looking savages, march off toward the mountain."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If the captain thinks that a crowd of boys wil... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "With all the afternoon before us, why shouldn't we have a look at what's going on over yonder?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you mean that we, being clear of such danger because of our duties, shall voluntarily take part in a fight?"
},
{
"from": "human",... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm with you, was my reply as I rose quickly to my feet."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shall we tell Master Hackett what we propose doing?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's no real need of it, and it would cost us a good half hour's time to go out... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We can afford to go around such a barrier as that, I said lazily, as we came to a halt."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The savages, accustomed to such climbing, and in haste to get into position, most likely took the shortest cut."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It can't make much difference to us, Phil said cheerily."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're not bound for the Typee fort; but only ask for a place where we can see what is being done on the next mountain."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'd best put back, and try our luck over the boulders!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We've fought our way through this stuff for an hour, and it will take us as long to go back, I said petulantly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It stands to reason tha... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're getting out where it will be possible to take our choice of paths! I cried;"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Throw down your weapon, or I'll put a bullet through you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We haven't any weapons!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come on, lad, we've run upon our sailors!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where did you come from?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The last port I left was Valparaiso, where you and your friends spent so much time lodging me in jail. I'm stopping on this island just now with the natives who count on wiping your folks out of sight this after... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stand around here!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look at me! he said sharply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you count that there wouldn't be a day of reckoning when you left me in jail?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We never thought anything about it, I replied, my anger causing me to appear bol... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, what do you propose doing with us now that the plan has worked to your satisfaction?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I count on waiting here till your crew and the Happars have been thoroughly whipped, when I'll take you into the valley and see Typees roast you ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's a bad practice to crow very loudly before you've worked your will. We have more friends on this island than you may claim; and if it so chances that you can turn us over to the cannibals, they will make you suffer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If the situation... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How much longer do you count on staying here? There'll be no chance of seeing us roasted, unless you try a hand at the cooking, while we are hidden in this place."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You shall have a chance to travel in due time, so don't grow impatient. I... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look here, Benson, I finally said, speaking as though he was in my power rather than I in his,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you so much as move a finger, I'll shoot you like curs."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shoot and have done with it! Phil cri... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Benson is asleep; by leaping upon him suddenly we should be able to get the upper hands, bound though we are."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thought to get the best of me, eh? he asked in a loud voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you two lads think I'm to be done up like a lamb?"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're going into the valley of the Typees, my fine birds, kick against it as you may; and I shall see you roasted and eaten before eight and forty hours have passed!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon we'll move ahead, he said at length."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You two cubs are to march in front of me; and if you try to kick up any bobbery, I'll put a stop to it by a blow over the head,--such as won't kill outright, but will give a good idea of wha... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Against the farther wall of the house were arranged in tasteful figures a variety of spears and javelins and other implements of savage warfare. Outside of the habitation, and built upon the piazza-like area in its front, was a little shed used as a sort of larder or pantry, and... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Thinking that if you could get hold of them I might have the worst of it, eh? Well, don't you dare so much as move, else I'll knock in the whole top of your head!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It seems as if every man, woman, and boy had some cause for complaint against the Britisher, and there's no question but that he's feeling uncomfortable in mind. I wonder why they don't set about roasting us?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I reckon Benson has done so... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's got himself into trouble somehow, Phil said with a chuckle of content,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You lads are to be taken to Nukuheva Bay, if you feel able to walk so far before resting,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Nukuheva Bay! I repeated in astonishment."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you mean that the Typees no longer intend to serve us up... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you ready to go back to Nukuheva Bay now, or would you like to rest a while longer?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll go now,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Won't you do good for evil by telling Captain Porter that a white man is here in great danger of being killed? he asked piteously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whatever your commander asks now will be granted; and if he sends back such request by those who conduct ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, have you two infants got enough of skylarkin'?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Skylarking! If you have any idea we've been enjoying ourselves, it would please me well for you to have a turn at such fun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't wag your... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're to go aboard that the captain may speak with you, an' I reckon them two fellers had better keep close behind."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't we speak with the captain in the morning?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not a bit of it. After giv... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There ain't much of a yarn to it, he replied laughingly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Our men did the most of the business, an' might have worked the traverse alone, accordin' to all accounts. They marched over the mountains, drivin' the Typees before 'em, until co... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I allow he will, lad, though it seems like a waste of good breath to spend it talkin' about him. Even though we are at war with the Britishers, we can't let one of 'em be roasted an' ate up like a pig; but I'll guarantee the captain will keep the brute carefully caged till we ca... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tell me all you have done and seen this day,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why didn't you let us stay and hear what was said?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because he'd got through with you. Are you thinkin' a couple of troublesome infants like you can loiter around in the after cabin at your own sweet will?"
},
{
"from": "human",
... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All hands ahoy!"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The two natives stayed aboard all night, an' were set ashore less than half an hour before you turned out. Of course I don't know what orders our captain gave them; but I'll wager a doughnut against a dollar that they'll be here again, bringin' the Britisher with 'em, if it so b... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I reckon we're to make a naval station of this 'ere island; an' if it so be we show our heels to the Britishers who've been sent out to sink us, this will be a likely property to hold in the name of the United States."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If ever it comes my way, I'll do you boys a good turn,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That is to say, you count on being friendly to us until another chance comes your way of selling us to the whalers, or of seeing us roasted and eaten,"
},
{
"from": "human",... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you know what your captain counts on doing with me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He isn't in the custom of telling the crew what he proposes to do, Phil said curtly;"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Village after village was destroyed until they came to the principal town, in which were fine buildings, a large public square, temples and gods, huge war-canoes, and other exhibitions of half-savage life. These were all reduced to ashes, and by the broom of desolation that beau... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It couldn't have been otherwise, he said, when I had emptied my budget of news."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thirty-five white men with ample supply of ammunition could beat off all the natives of the island, providing they were not ambushed. It went without saying... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is below, in such snug quarters that I promise you there is no chance of his escaping."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will he be taken back to Valparaiso?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think not, my lad. It is my opinion that he will remain on boa... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is near time for the arrival in the Pacific of one or more of the frigates sent out from England to destroy us. From all I've gathered, an' by puttin' this an' that together when I've overheard the officers talkin' it amounts to considerable, it's our commander's idee to meet... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bob White of the _Essex Junior_ has been blowin' his gaff so loud that it has come to the ears of our officers, an' all hands will be called up for a wiggin' from the commander before another day goes by, or I'm a Dutchman, which I ain't."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value"... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't believe any of you who have braved so many dangers during this most glorious cruise would turn mutineers simply because life on the island is so pleasing. If it should be, however, that you came to such a pass, rather than allow the shame put upon us, I will without hesi... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Let Bob White come forward!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is the man who has reported that you had not only agreed to disobey orders, but were ready to turn pirates for the sake of spending your lives on the island. He who will spin such yarns about honest sail... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Up to this time not a dollar had been drawn to meet the expenses of the frigate. The enemy had furnished provisions, sails, cordage, medicines, guns, anchors, cables, and slops. A considerable amount of pay even, had been given to the officers and men, by means of the money take... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I did, lad, he replied."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is the captain's orders that you and your mate look after the prisoner, Oliver Benson. He has been cared for by one of Robert White's cronies, and it is believed best to give him in charge of those who have pe... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have you come to relieve me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you ask Lieutenant McKnight if he expects us both to remain on duty, or may we stand watch and watch?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It ain't likely he counts on two lads at the same time ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So you two are to look after me?"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is only right we should do so, if for no other reason than to repay you for the care you have had over us on two occasions. We shan't threaten, however, either to sell you to the whalers or make certain you are roasted and eaten; therefore the account won't be really squared ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Remember, you are not to remain away more than fifteen minutes,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll keep my eyes an' ears open, lad, an' it'll be odd if I don't pick up a bit of news here an' there. It goes without sayin' that the captain has good cause for givin' such an order, an' the reason is bound to leak out sooner or later."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value":... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It is your especial duty to see that no one has an opportunity of speaking with the prisoner. It is not supposed that he can escape unaided; there is a possibility some of our people have been taken in by his smooth talk, and the captain is determined he be lodged in prison at a... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're now under way for Valparaiso, the old man said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you of the mind that they'll make trouble for us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I ain't reckonin' they'll go quite so far as that, but it'll stand us in hand to be... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, we're in Valparaiso again, an' now we're salutin' the fort."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The captain will go ashore to chin with the governor accordin' to the rules an' regulations of the navy, an' after that the old chap will visit us."
},
{
"from": "... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The British government has been threatenin', I reckon, Master Hackett said with an air of great wisdom,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We shall have the _Essex Junior_ to help us,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What would she amount to in a fight? In an... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How many men can we muster?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What with prize crews, an' them as have been drafted to the _Junior_, I'm told that there are only two hundred an' twenty-five aboard this 'ere ship, countin' officers, cooks, boys, and sich-like useless raff... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm not counting on saying what your chances will be when the _Essex_ meets the _Phoebe_ he began."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your people may get the best of her--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "As we surely will!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"v... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why should you figure on our meeting vessel after vessel until we no longer have a crew left?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because it proves that in the long run I shall be set free by my countrymen, and then will come the time when I'll have the upper hand once mo... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Look you, Oliver Benson! I cried, speaking slowly that the words would have more weight."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If I knew beyond a peradventure that I might save my own life by doing the wicked thing you propose, I would say 'no' with my last breath. If you s... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sand on the deck?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Ay, so that the planks shall not be slippery when covered with the blood of our men. I am told that it is always strewn around before a ship goes into action."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The enemy are in the offin' at last!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can we see them from the deck?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, lad, not yet: but the _Junior_ is headin' for the harbor with signals set that she has sighted the enemy, an' it won't ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The _Junior_ is close alongside with her anchors down, and Lieutenant Downes is with Captain Porter, most likely getting orders as to how his ship is to be handled during the engagement."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can you see the Britisher?"
},
{
"from": ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wonder if the fighting will be done while we lay at anchor?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly not. In the first place, Master Hackett says it is against all the rules for ships to fight in a harbor belonging to a nation with which we are not at war. Then aga... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They've taken on extra metal to meet us, the old sailor said with a chuckle, as if such fact pleased him wonderfully."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thirty long eighteens, sixteen 32-pound carronades, one howitzer, an' six 3-pounders in her tops. That's givin' us the... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If you foul us, sir, Captain Porter cried,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I certainly do not meditate making an attack, my dear sir,"
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He'll take us if he gets into position, an' now's the time when our captain should give him somethin' more'n soft talk. If I was in command of this 'ere frigate I'd sink him off-hand."
}
] |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now we're in for it, lad! Master Hackett cried gleefully as he ran to his station, I following close by his side."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The Britisher counts on havin' a scrimmage whether we're in a neutral port or not, an' I reckon we're in the mood to give ... |
43766 | Unknown Title | Unknown Author | [
{
"from": "human",
"value": "If your ship fouls this frigate, sir, I shall open upon you, for I am fully prepared for action!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I do not intend to board you, sir!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stand ready, boarders! Captain Porter shouted, giving no fu... |
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