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The Town-Ho’s Story

           Butthecaptain,havingsomeunusualreasonforbelievingthatraregoodluckawaitedhiminthoselatitudes;andthereforebeingveryaversetoquitthem,andtheleaknotbeingthenconsideredatalldangerous,though,indeed,theycouldnotfinditaftersearchingtheholdaslowdownaswaspossibleinratherheavyweather,theshipstillcontinuedhercruisings,themarinersworkingatthepumpsatwideandeasyintervals;butnogoodluckcame;moredayswentbyandnotonlywastheleakyetundiscovered,butitsensiblyincreased.Somuchso,thatnowtakingsomealarm,thecaptain,makingallsail,stoodawayforthenearestharboramongtheislands,theretohavehishullhoveoutandrepaired.

           "Thoughnosmallpassagewasbeforeher,yet,ifthecommonestchancefavoured,hedidnotatallfearthathisshipwouldfounderbytheway,becausehispumpswereofthebest,andbeingperiodicallyrelievedatthem,thosesix-and-thirtymenofhiscouldeasilykeeptheshipfree;nevermindiftheleakshoulddoubleonher.Intruth,wellnighthewholeofthispassagebeingattendedbyveryprosperousbreezes,theTown-Hohadallbutcertainlyarrivedinperfectsafetyatherportwithouttheoccurrenceoftheleastfatality,haditnotbeenforthebrutaloverbearingofRadney,themate,aVineyarder,andthebitterlyprovokedvengeanceofSteelkilt,aLakemananddesperadofromBuffalo.

           "’Lakeman!Buffalo!Pray,whatisaLakeman,andwhereisBuffalo?’saidDonSebastian,risinginhisswingingmatofgrass.

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