CHAPTER VI.

TOUGH YARNS.

Tough yarns—The sea-serpent—The fair-wind sellers of Bremen—Mermen and mermaidens—Capture of Spanish schooner with mulatto laundresses on board—Boat attack on, and capture of the French privateer _Salamandre_—Outbreak of malignant scurvy—Novel method of treatment—French women dressed as men—A voyage of discovery.

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