On the morning of the 11th, the repairs being all finished, and the water casks replenished, the signal was given to embark, and the ship began to weigh anchor.
On the morning of the 26th October it fell calm, changing to variable breezes and light puffs of wind, that made it doubtful whether we could sail that day, as we needed a catspaw from the West in order to weigh anchor.
The jib accordingly was hoisted, and the fore-topsail set with four reefs in it, and an attempt made to weigh anchor.
As the frigate was perceived, from Fort George to weigh anchor, a thundering salute was fired of 21 guns--an extraordinary honour and mark of attention, to which we responded by a similar salute.
The signal for the captains of the men-of-war to come on board was at once run up to the mast-head of the flagship, followed by another for the Fleet to be prepared to weigh anchor.
A mighty cheer rose throughout the Fleet, and as it subsided a gun from the Royal Charles gave the order to weigh anchor, and a few minutes later the three squadrons, in excellent order, sailed out to meet the enemy.
We called all hands to weigh anchor, and less than thirty answered to the summons.
The crew were piped to muster, and the order to weigh anchor repeated.
Don't answer the boatswain's call to weigh anchor," said Raymond, who had made considerable progress in rebellion since his conversation with Little.
We've got to finish lading and get ready to weigh anchor before it's too late.
If you like it here so much, you can swim back after we weigh anchor.
Very good, sir," I replied, moving away as the blacksmith went to put the slip on the cable to secure it from running out until we were ready to weigh anchor later on.
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