He had been persuaded to leave Madras by a Mr Moody, supercargo of a ship called the Mindanao Merchant, who had promised to buy a vessel and send him in command of her, to trade with the natives of the small island of Meangis.
Captain Swan might at once have put a stop to these disorders, had he exerted his authority; but, as he and the supercargo were always living on shore, nothing was done.
The supercargo was to have the exclusive management of all commercial dealings.
Among them were several of the officers, one of whom wassupercargo on board the Cygnet, and who had written the history of his adventures.
Then the supercargo and Topsail-tie made their plans, and after spending another hour or so with the escapees, Flemming shook hands with them all, and guided by Nobal, returned to the base of the mountain.
The brigantine was the Maori Maid of Auckland, Captain Heselton, and the supercargo was young Robert Flemming.
He received the young supercargo most hospitably, and insisted upon his remaining to lunch, and when Flemming told him frankly of the long quest for the four missing men, he at once became deeply sympathetic.
His eldest boy by this time was almost a grown man, and was earning his living as a supercargo of a trading vessel, running between Auckland in New Zealand and the various groups of islands in the South Pacific.
We lay some months in the river, getting cargo, receiving teas, nankins, silks and other articles, as our supercargo could lay hands on them.
The supercargo swore that he had not seen him when he fired, but further talk was cut short by Sarréo going faint through loss of blood, so they carried him to the boat.
The supercargo muttered something under his breath and turned away.
I was supercargo on the Manola brig, and Sarréo here was one of the hands.
Then before any one could interfere they were at it, and in less than a couple of minutes Sarréo had the supercargoby the throat, lifted him off his feet, and dashes him down on the poop.
Of course I asked him what the supercargo had done to him, but he wouldn't tell me any more.
The big supercargo came a bit nearer to him, and then held out his hand.
Now I didn't know, and said so; so Mr. Supercargogrunts and says that he'd ask him himself.
The supercargo pressed it gently, so as not to hurt Sarréo's shoulder, then he almost ran past us on deck.
In another five seconds he had lifted the supercargo up, thrown him over his left shoulder, and was running down to the boats.
Why had he not given it to any other supercargo than Timar, who would run away with the money, and drink and gamble till it was gone.
We took twenty stout fellows with us as any in the ship, besides the supercargo and myself; and we landed two hours before midnight, at the same place where the Indians stood drawn up the evening before.
I got nobody to come back with me but the supercargo and two men, and with these I walked back to the boats.
When the captain and the supercargo went ashore, a white trader met them, with a roll of papers in his hand.
After finishing up, the solemn Charley invited the skipper andsupercargo to remain ashore till morning.
So one day he told the supercargo of their vessel that he would trade for them no longer than the exact time he had agreed upon--two years.
The supercargo took a step nearer to him with a savage glare in his blue eyes.
The two conversed for a few minutes, and then separated, the supercargo going up on the bridge to join his jackal.
To a man like Roka there was no difficulty in following the line which Hendry and the supercargo had taken; their footsteps showed deep in the soft, sandy soil, rendered the more impressionable by the heavy downfall of rain a few hours before.
As he stepped on the poop he was followed by half-a-dozen of the native crew, who advanced towards Hendry and the supercargo with threatening glances.
The supercargo and Hendry went up on the bridge together, where they could talk freely.
The captain and the supercargohave been talking about thee and the lady.
Both he and that fat beast of a supercargo are a pair of sneaks, and they hate you like poison.
The supercargo rose from his seat with a smile of satisfaction.
The supercargo swayed to and fro, and mutely held out both hands to Harvey as if imploring help or forgiveness.
A quarter of an hour later the captain's boat, came alongside, and Hendry and his supercargo came aft under the awning, and with much solicitude asked Carr how he was feeling.
This expression made Mr. Carr lose control of himself, and he used very strong language to Captain Hendry and the supercargo upon the gross impropriety of their conduct.
Then, as the sun set, the plan of murder that was in the hearts of the captain and supercargo began to work.
I threw the book overboard and kicked the supercargo down to leeward.
Was he handsome, Uncle, that youngsupercargo of yours?
Another time, I remember, I had a young supercargo with me, taking a trip for his health.
The supercargo had noticed how the groups clinging at the bases of the other trees continually diminished.
The captain, the agent, and the supercargo were ashore in the two boats.
There were five white men, a crew of twenty Santa Cruz boys and Samoans, and only the supercargo escaped.
Self-preservation is the first law of human nature," the supercargo replied.
The supercargowho boarded the vessel at Pernambuco told your captain his people had paid cash for it to the charterers.
The supercargoleft fifteen thousand dollars behind him when he jumped overboard, but Captain O'Hara declined to confiscate that.
The supercargo was clad in an immaculate suit of white flannels and was looking as fresh as new paint.
While the supercargo would not hesitate to sacrifice his life, his liberty, or his honor for his country, he was nevertheless desirous of being a gentleman if accorded the opportuniby.
When decoded it read: "Execute the orders of supercargo if possible.
The only injury I can account for is my left shoulder, where that supercargo shot me.
Upon recovering consciousness," the supercargo replied with some embarrassment, "I was overcome with fury.
I sat with the supercargo for about an hour, watching the flow of the tide.
The supercargo laughed and put a bottle of gin on the table, and Lannigan's fertile brain commenced to work.
There's always a woman in these things," said Lupton, as the supercargo gave him back the slip.
One afternoon nearly a year afterwards, as Lupton and Trenton, the supercargo of the Marama sat on an old native marae at Arupahi, the Village of Four Houses, he told the strange story of his sick guest.
Tariro made a bolt on deck and called out to the natives that the supercargo was going to frighten them with a mask.
He only nodded, and said something to the girl, who rose and brought the supercargo his books.
If he could only get the supercargo out of the cabin for a minute he meant to pick up the bag, and declaring he was insulted get it back into his boat and tell him to come and count it ashore.
A DEAD LOSS Denison, thesupercargo of the Indiana, was sent by his "owners" to an island in the S.
Never a supercargo as I ever knowed but wanted a man to look arter him, fetch and carry for him, so to say.
Of course, as supercargo he would not come into close contact with them; and Mr. Diggle had warned him that he would find seafaring men somewhat different from the country folk among whom all his life hitherto had been passed.
Well," continued Bulger, "the supercargo do have a better time of it than us poor chaps.
I was in a sense tricked into it, sir, and when we got to Gheria Captain Barker and Mr. Diggle the supercargo sold me to Angria.
The merchant knew Girard's peculiarities as well as the supercargo did; but he thought the rule to "break owners, not orders" might this time be governed by discretion.
Drummond, and to Captain Sinker of the steam yacht Southern Cross, to the supercargo and captains of the steamers of Burns, Philp & Company.
Presently some one announces that the cargo is all aboard, whereupon the supercargo puts down his paper and remarks that they are in a hurry.
I took to the sea to breathe purer air, sailing as supercargo on a trading vessel.
They said he was erratic, always in trouble by writing things contrary to the paper's policy, and gave up in disgust, to ship as supercargoon a vessel trading in the South Seas.
I do not know what supercargo is," answered Frank, "unless it is somebody to catch rabbits.
Well done, Frank," said his father; "you have the marooning spirit if you do not know whatsupercargo is.
The books are on board, made out up to the day before the supercargo was killed, three months ago; but I have never had time to make an entry since.
It was getting to be as bad as that voyage of the Jane in the Levant, when the supercargo had got himself stabbed at Lemnos.
First-rate, says I, except that the supercargo got killed at Lemnos by one of them rascally Greeks.
By the way, mother, that reminds me that Charlie has also got a situation through this lucky wreck, for Captain Stride feels so grateful that he has offered him the situation of supercargo in his new ship.
The present supercargo of the Walrus is a young man who will be pleased to fall in with anything I propose to him.
It is to act as supercargo of the Walrus, which is commanded by Captain Stride himself.
Only since the time that he gave me the appointment of supercargoto the Walrus, but the little I have seen of him has aroused in me a feeling of strong regard.
I got nobody to come back with me but the supercargo and two men, and with these walked back to the boat.
We took twenty as stout fellows with us as any in the ship, besides the supercargo and myself, and we landed two hours before midnight, at the same place where the Indians stood drawn up in the evening before.
This was none of my business, neither did I meddle with it; my nephew, the captain, and the supercargo adjusting all those things between them as they thought fit.
The captain wanted the supercargo to pass as the expected missionary, but he declined, saying he could not bring his conscience to do it.
We hove-to off the island, and the supercargo going on shore inquired for the English missionary.
When there, the pretendedsupercargo kept them engaged bargaining for the goods while others were arriving.
Instead of fifty, by the clever management of our supercargoand interpreter, we got altogether a hundred.
The supercargo on this began to talk to the chief about the arms and men we possessed, and to hint that we might possibly be persuaded to assist him in conquering his enemies.
We accordingly let them go, and away she flew close hauled on a wind, though the supercargo sighed, as he thought of letting so many fine-looking fellows escape us.
Having collected all who could be induced to come on board below, the supercargo slipped up by the fore hatchway, saying that he wished to consult the captain about the price of some of the articles.
The `Andorinha,' after her long career of success, was driven on a coral reef, when the captain andsupercargo and most of the crew perished.
The supercargo replied that our captain would be very moderate in his demands, and that we should be content if we might have all the prisoners.
Our supercargo told them that so were we, but that we were real ones, while they, having only learned from the missionaries, were heretics.
The vessel had been condemned and sold, the captain sentenced to five years' penal servitude, and the supercargo to ten.
Coming into Devonshire, his native country, he visited all his friends and most intimate acquaintance in that part, and was relieved by them, not one of them discovering this unfortunate supercargo to be Mr. Bampfylde Moore Carew.
Well, said Mr. Carew, that ragged wretch was no other than the supercargo now before you.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "supercargo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: administrator; agent; conductor; deputy; governor; impresario; manager; producer; rector
