Re: 2 YEARS BEFORE THE MAST

Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 23:02:06 -0700

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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On Thu, Aug 12, 1999 at 05:07:27PM -0400, Bill Zeitler wrote:
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> Yes...they .let the crew and passengers off to row ashore...set her
> afire...and it sank.

That reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

"Have I not watched by his side ships with high masts burning in a
straight flame on the calm water?"

This is Babalatchi speaking, an old Malay pirate. From the book "An
Outcast of the Islands", by Joseph Conrad

Totally different than Dana's book, of course, but a wonderful story...

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Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain