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house boat , which , bfein £ throKvh offbt th £ bustle , left & . fetfocfe fcd wide that Fulgaa fell Short tthh f rffcngfc and splash ihto the water ; nevertheless ; he Was 6 v 4 t the gtitlh ^ l in ri few sefccWdsand there he Stood , with ottfc foot Ofi the body , the tothet bit thfe seat , with his ktiife fclfeV&ted # nd flourished in dfcflafcfce of the whole crew , not one 6 f t ^ hoiti would assatil him , thottgh all Were armed arid cAtfcbfrifcs were at hatrd . Awhile he stood / glaring *
on therii , then burst into a shrill ; loud laugh df dertfcion , aiid , waving his dagger to ft shore-boat , several of which , with othefc * from the ships ? were tidvr converging , full of the alarmed arid carious , to the scfeiie of disturbance , he Was speedily answered by one appfdaching sufficiently near , and he sprang in , took off his
cap , and , as he stood Up , continued waving it atid his kriife round his hfeadj laughing and shoutiflg jeefs and triumph , till I lost sig-ht of him amdrig thfe crowded bdats and shipping mobred at the qustyg * Meantime , another boat , full of soldiers , had arrived alongside the Margaret , and fofmal possession of her
was taken in thfc kitfg ' s name . The anchor was weighed , and she was fow l ed to the wharf , rihoored , and a guard set over her . The excitemeftt atfd turmoil , and the activity of the curious , now subsided , aLftd ^ . 11 s ^ rn k into repose . I again turned in , tiot knowing what to make tff iti what rtiight be the fate of Others , or tny penalty for being caught on board a stftuggler , and with such additions &tfd multiplications 6 f mischief .
But , troublesome as the affair proved to be to others , I was entangled in no difficulty by its consequences ; for , when the authorities tta . ftte to Examine the vessel in the morning , they declined ereii opening mf luggage , on my stating that I was an English p&ssettger . I Was unhesitatingly permitted to go whither I Ttfottfd , anfid two rnerf wete ordered to follow my directions
in remdting afid carrying aWAy my trunks . I landed accordingly , And thete , draWn up in line , was a company of soldiers with bristling bayonets ; fctid Walking backwards and forwards ill front df their line Was Fuigaz !—a chapeau on his head , and a sWtffd flapping at his side , with the satrte reckless and laughing dteflftnfce of th 6 soldiers which he had exhibited the
previous night , and no one attempted to molest or interrupt him . i had nb # a ^ dp |> oitttnity of < $ x&f * iining hifft more close ly , asf he frequentl y patiSfcci hk ' hi ' s walk to locrk fixedly or b ^ gazed at by others ; but , ^ r 1 th thfe «« fteptioil of £ feit st ragr firfg' ^ eatrieh or others from the / Atiteri < 5 ati ve& « ete , Ite was sc ^ rdeiy notified . Singular as th 8 ~ ffec 4 W 4 & , And so Apt to bfc impi * e « feed' On the
memory , thtef # * afe' In it iiothitfg 6 f the hattl ^ tied And hatly ruffianism which his ' rtktetit cbnddm rtrtg * it kted 6 ttfeto supple ^ otiMgri * rily scowl upoh it . I should call hitn hWnd ^ ome , but tor his nos £ ^ nd ey es . Hfc tttefe Wftd M > iAark ? ftW y hodked and vdty thin , to if it had been sqiH ^ ed itim « cn U rtn a wr ^ l pyoje ^ tton frorfi his fece . It was ttofe % tpib < # xrma&foW of an eagle of & ptom'B WHi totm- *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1834, page 791, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2639/page/45/
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