THE FIRE-SHIP. 



which shall be filled with counterfeit cannon. At the stern we will hang out English 

 colours, and persuade the enemy she is one of our best men-of-war going to fight them." 

 This proposition was approved. Attempts were afterwards made to compromise witu 



CAPTAIN HENKY MORGAN. 



(From Captain C. Johnson's "Lives of Famous Highwaymen, Pirates, &c.") 



Don Alonso, but he would not listen to them, and sent them a peremptory message, which, 

 simply translated, meant that they must give in, or give up. 



" No sooner had Captain Morgan received this message from Don Alonso than he put 

 all things in order to fight, resolving to get out of the lake by main force, without surren- 

 dering anything. First, he commanded all the slaves and prisoners to be tied and guarded 

 very well, and gathered all the pitch, tar, and brimstone they could find in the whole 

 town for the fire-ship above-mentioned. Then they made several inventions of powder 

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