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too, not unkindly, allowed them to live in his 

 house, and was very anxious, on all occasions, to 

 have their advice respecting the equipment of his 

 troops. Upon one occasion, when walking with 

 the captain of the Herselia, he remarked, that 

 his army was now almost complete in every re- 

 spect, except in one essential particular ; and it 

 cut him, he said, to the soul, to think of such 

 a deficiency : he had no trumpets for the cavalry ; 

 and added, that it was utterly impossible to make 

 the fellows believe themselves dragoons, unless 

 they heard a blast in their ears at every turn ; and 

 neither men nor horses would ever do their duty 

 properly, if not roused to it by the sound of a 

 trumpet ; in short, he declared, some device must 

 be hit upon to supply this equipment. The cap- 

 tain, willing to ingratiate himself with the pirate, 

 after a little reflection, suggested to him, that 

 trumpets might easily be made out of the copper 

 sheets nailed on the bottoms of the ships he had 

 taken. Very true,^' cried the delighted chief ; 



how came I not to think of that before In- 

 stantly all hands were employed in ripping off the 

 copper, and the armourers being set to work un- 



