Vulgar words in On the Spanish Main - Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. (Page 1)
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He was a choleric sea-captain, and began, very naturally, to damn them for their insolence.
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Not a horse nor a mule nor an ass was in its stall.
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In this state, the ships lay at anchor, with their men loafing on deck with their tobacco, bidding the "yellow and red" parrots to say "Damn," or "Pretty Polly," or other ribaldry.
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12 Cannon or Whole Cannon 8 6000 60 27 770 2000 " 11 Cannon Serpentine 7 5500 53½ 25 200 2000 " 10 Bastard Cannon 7 4500 41½ 20 180 1800 " 10 Demi-Cannon 6½-7 4000 33½ 18 170 1700 " 10 Cannon Petro or Cannon Perier 6 4000 24½ 14 160 1600 " 4 Culverin 5-5½ 4500 17½ 12 200 2500 " 13 Basilisk 5 4000 15 10 230 3000 " 4 Demi-Culverin 4 3400 9½ 8 200 2500 " 11 Bastard Culverin 4 3000 7 5¾ 170 1700 " 11 Saker 3½ 1400 5½ 5½ 170 1700 " 9 or 10 Minion 3½ 1000 4 4 170 1700 " 8 Falcon 2½ 660 3 3 150 1500 " 7 Falconet 2 500 1½ 1¼ 150 1500 " 6½ Serpentine 1½ 400 ¾ ¾ 140 1400 " 4½ Rabinet 1 300 ½ ½ 120 1000 " 2½ To these may be added bases, port pieces, stock fowlers, slings, half slings, and three-quarter slings, breech-loading guns ranging from five and a half to one-inch bore.
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He was a decorator and beautifier, not unlike the modern painter, but he was to be ready at all times to knock up lockers for the crew, to make boxes and chests for the gunner, and bulkheads, of thin wood, to replace those broken by the seas.