1. Billy Budd (Full)
  2. Chapter 18
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191 was occasionaly employed not only as a substitute for a scout but on
as on evenHS detached at times on service , . as a of quite another sort ^ sort of scout substitute for a
or otherwise and sometimes on more
or less distant expeditions. It was
on separate duty of the latter sort
that in the latter part of an afternoon-watch
she ^ unexpectedly came in sight of a ship of the enemy.
It proved to be a frigate. The latter 2 2
percieving thro' the glass that the
weight of men and metal would
be heavily against her, invoking her
light heels crowded sail to get away.
After a chace urged almost against
hope and lasting until about
the middle of the first dog-watch,
191 was occasionaly employed not only as a substitute for a scout but on
as on evenHS detached at times on service , . as a of quite another sort ^ sort of scout substitute for a
or otherwise and sometimes on more
or less distant expeditions. It was
on separate duty of the latter sort
that in the latter part of an afternoon-watch
she ^ unexpectedly came in sight of a ship of the enemy.
It proved to be a frigate. The latter 2 2
percieving thro' the glass that the
weight of men and metal would
be heavily against her, invoking her
light heels crowded sail to get away.
After a chace urged almost against
hope and lasting until about
the middle of the first dog-watch,

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