Supplejack

The honest skipper then shaking hands, swung himself down the side into his boat, and returned to the brig, which stood away to the southward, while the _Tudor_ and _Supplejack_, hauling their wind, stood towards the coast.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

It did not take long to pay off the poor little _Supplejack_, which was then towed up the harbour and placed on the mud, never again to float on blue water.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The _Supplejack_ then stood back for the corvette.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

_Supplejack_, and having loaded it with grape, fired it directly at the men working at the guns.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The _Supplejack_ continued her course up the river, and the following day got beyond the reach of Rosas 'flying artillery.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The consul himself and his family, indeed, were frightened, and gladly accepted Murray's invitation to take up their quarters on board the _Supplejack_, till matters were in a more settled state on shore.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Murray, of course, said that he should be happy to send the _Supplejack_ up, should her draft of water not be too great, and that he could perfectly trust her commander, Lieutenant Rogers, to act with discretion in the matter.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

"Stop, lads, you'll suffocate the poor fellows if you pour all that water down their throats!" exclaimed McTavish, the Assistant Surgeon of the corvette, who had been lent to the _Supplejack_.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The Spaniards, who had deserted their gun at the first discharge of the carronade, now returned to it, and brought it to bear on the _Supplejack_.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

_Supplejack_, knocking away one of the after-stanchions.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847