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Next morning all was calm and bright; but we were disabled, and it was necessary to put back for repairs. You may think what you like, mates, but as sure as we're here, it was nothing but the cat that brought on the gale and gave me my ill luck; the worst calamity of all being the loss of the pilot and his crew.
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Ay, said Bailie Duke,
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No, added Oliver Gray,
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Well, said Captain Wemyss,
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Nor I neither,
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He's no proper pilot, said Gray,
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I'm afraid, gentlemen, put in Lloyd's agent with a tone of authority,
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What! exclaimed Abernethy.
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I'd sooner employ young Ericson here than Kinlay; I'm sure the lad kens more about the coast.
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I'd trust that lad to take my ship through any channel in Orkney, added Captain Gordon.
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He brought us through on Sunday, and I never saw a pilot--except his father--handle a ship with greater skill.