e where we lay,
doubtless to be after us."

Peter's remark was found to be true; and up the harbour another brig was
seen making sail, of course with the hope of overtaking us. I, with
another man, received orders to carry Captain Stenning below, which we
did, placing him on a mattress on the floor of the cabin, and then
hurried up again to attend to our duty.

Once more the brig was put about, and head up towards the passage. On
we rushed, the foam flying over us as we approached the spot. She
lifted to the first rolling sea, and then down she came, as if she must
strike the sand below; but another roller came tumbling in, and mounting
like a sea-bird on its summit, she descended on the other side amid
clouds of spray, again to mount another huge wave, and then to rush on
with impetuous force as she felt the blast which laid her over almost on
her beam-ends towards the open ocean. Still, on either hand, wild
foaming water broke in mountain masses around us; but on we sped. "Hold
on! hold on for your lives!" shouted the captain, as yet another
mountain sea came thundering on towards us, close upon a previous one
over which we had ridden in safety. The brig seemed to spring at it, as
if able to dash it aside; but vain indeed was the attempt. High above
us it rose. Right into it we went, and for a moment I thought all was
over. Along our decks it found its way, and fell in torrents below,
sweeping everything before it; but still buoyantly our brave vessel flew
on, and wave after wave being surmounted, a loud shout burst from all
hands as once more we found ourselves in the open sea, following in the
wake of the British corvette.

As soon as we were in safety, the captain called me below to attend to
Captain Stenning. We found him sitting up on the mattress, and, as he
held on by the leg of the table, looking somewhat wildly around him.

"Where am I? what is all this that has happened?" he exclaimed, as we
appeared.

"That you are safe aboard the _Dolphin_, my friend, and that you have
escaped from the wreck of a Moorish pirate," answered the captain. "But
before I answer more questions, we'll just get off your wet clothes, and
clap you into bed with a glass of hot grog."

This we accordingly did, and the result was that the poor fellow very
soon fell fast asleep--the best thing he could do under the
circumstances.

When I went on deck, I found that the Moorish brig which had pursued us,
seeing the fate