Chapter 15 -The Cruise of the Wave. The Action with the Slaver.

'O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,

Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,

Far as the breeze can bear the billow's foam,

Survey our empire, and behold our home.

These are our realms, no limits to their sway.

Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.'

Byron, The Corsair, I. 1-6.

At three o'clock next morning, ab