"We will run alongside and carry her by boarding; it will save our Anchoring, and we shall not injure her spars-an important object, as I hope we may have to carry her off to sea," observed the captain to his first lieutenant.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
The cables were ranged with springs ready for Anchoring, and the ship cleared for action.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
To-night I observed that, instead of Anchoring for several hours, as we had hitherto invariably done, we were sailing rapidly on, under press of canvass.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot