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staysail and ran for Cuxhaven. Just as I 

 was in the act of grounding my ship the 

 Pilot at Cuxhaven Pier hailed, saying, " We 

 will send you a pilot." I hove all my sail 

 aback with my ship on her heel, and clewed 

 up my sail, running up the river expecting 

 a pilot immediately. I ran for three hours, 

 when, abreast of Glendat, a small town on 

 the river, a boat came alongside with six 

 men who had followed me from Cuxhaven. 

 They all jumped on board. I was in per- 

 fect security then. I could put ashore at 

 Glendat or could obtain the Bank of the 

 River, but those pilots began to make con- 

 fusion. I ordered all but one to their boat, 

 stating I only wanted one pilot, but they 

 took no notice of my order. I called the 

 principal one and told him to take charge 

 and I would pay him the expense of his 

 boat for coming after us. He assented for 

 a time. When they had run me up so far 

 as to enter a number of hard passages in 

 the river, he then takes out a printed docu- 

 ment and says, "Unless you sign this I will 



