human
Talking of the water of the Nile, said he,
gpt
I remember when I was first lieutenant of the _Bellerophon_, I went into Minorca with only six tons of water, and in four hours we had three hundred and fifty tons on board, all stowed away. I made all hands work. The admiral himself was up to the neck in water, with the rest of them. `Damn it, admiral,' says I, `no skulking.' Well, we sailed the next day; and such a gale of wind I never saw in all my life--away went all our masts, and we had nearly been swamped with the weather-roll. One of the boats was blown off the booms, and went clean out of sight before it touched the water. You may laugh at that, but that was nothing to the _Swallow_ sloop of war. She was in company with us; she wanted to scud for it, but by Jupiter, she was blown two miles up the country--guns, men, and all; and the next morning they found her flying jib-boom had gone through the church window, and slap into the cheek of the picture of the Virgin Mary. The natives all swore it was done on purpose by damned heretics. The captain was forced to arm his men, and march them all down to the beach, giving the ship up to the people, who were so exasperated that they set her on fire, and never thought of the powder which was on board. All the priests were in their robes, singing some stuff or another, to purify the church; but that was so much time thrown away, for in one moment away went church, priests, pictures, and people, all to the devil together.
human
added he,