Rounding this we passed Sleepy Bay, in which a boat in search of pirates, commanded by an officer of H.M.S. dido, was nearly captured by them some years ago.
"On the Equator"
Harry de Windt
Thinking it was a servant, he was about to pass her, when her horse sheered at something on the road-side, and involuntarily she exclaimed, "Courage, dido, there's nothing to fear."
"'Lena Rivers"
Mary J. Holmes
"Why, that," said Francois, "is almost the same trick as dido performed with the bull's hide."
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid