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| 10 | 225 | View more quotes about twice">Twice we had been scouted by pirates from Tyros, in their green ships, painted to resemble the sea, but neither of them had chosen to engage us. |
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| 10 | 222 | I did once carry, however, a hold of chained slaves, and, another time, a hold filled with the furs of the northern sea sleen. |
| 10 | 223 | The latter cargo was the most valuable carried in these first four voyages. |
| 10 | 224 | Each of these cargoes I managed to sell at a considerable profit. |
| 10 | 225 | Twice we had been scouted by pirates from Tyros, in their green ships, painted to resemble the sea, but neither of them had chosen to engage us. |
| 10 | 226 | We gathered that, seeing how low we sat in the water, they assumed our cargo to be one of bulk goods and departed, doubtless having higher hopes for gain upon the sea. |
| 10 | 227 | It is scarcely worth the risk of crew and ship, unless desperate, to win a hold filled with lumber or stone. |
| 10 | 228 | My men were mostly pirates and cutthroats. |