15 SIRIUS AND SUPPLY 9

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SIRIUS AND SUPPLY

look spry! foul weather forces us to ply down Sydney Bay to unload the provender me, i’d rather run sly on Norfolk suppose you use the spy­glass, saucer­eyes! that Jack Sauce is a surly sly­boots serve ‘ere ‘cos i sweated sinkers

us tars sup on sipper­sauce, them nobs on sack lubber, you lie as fast as a dog can lick a dish Phillip’s flagship, Sirius, is she tight as a piper? sure as a louse in yer bosom

‘tis Sirius with stores lies on the knuckle, the sloop Supply lies off­shore longboats! prepare to unload! watch, the wind’s turned about reef sails! stack those stores on the gun deck! look sharp! reef neath the surf yonder! low ­lying! avast! she’s turning

make sail! my eyes and limbs!


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