Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-06-27
JOHN FOX.
Adventures of Nautical Hero Abridg
cd from "Hakluyts voyages
[From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser J

GU from 'haRluytt tOyaRes'
[From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser
In 1863 there hailed and sailed from Ply
youth o mariner named John Fox, as stout q
, ..nd as ever passed an earring pointed a
"lverin. John Fox had the billet of gun ner
I'n N0ord a little ship called the Three HdG
i ,', James Groves master, engaged in the
!. ., n trade. The Three IIulf Moons must
have been very small for ship even of the
sixteenth century, for she carried but thirty
eight hands all told, and that, too, at q time
) when vessels which went to sea slightly
manned and armed were promptly eliminat
J ed as commercial factors by various unpleas
ant methods of cancellation at the hands Of
marauders of all nationalities. That was a
time of every man his own sea policeman. So
the Moons was probably only some seventy
or eighty feet long, but plump and full in
form, with high sheered ends and three masts
while her bow bowsprit was almost vertical
enough for a fourth, and bore its own square
sail-the predecessor of the modern jib. Add
to this high flagstaff aft bearing the leopard
flag of England, and plentiful garnishing of
! queer small-bored cannon, and one has a
tolerably accurate mental picture of the
Three Hdt Moons.
[ One calm October day Of the year 1868 she
, drifted slowly along the Spanish coast near
the mouth of the Guadalquiver, making for
Seville, all hands whistling for breeze, and
the older ones devoutly hoping that no Alge-
rne galley might happen on them in their
present unmanageable condition. Of this
there was great chance, for the narrowing of
the stream of commerce toward the Straits OF
2 Gibraltar made these historic waters favor
7 ite lurking ground for the 'Friends of the
sea, and enemies af all who sail upon it,
Even up to the present century dwelers on
the rock not infrequently had their eyes re.
galed by the sight of IN unhappy merchant.
l,N,a, CO tN,l, Nt,
spectacle quite as exciting as bull fight, and
presented entirely gratis to the pleased Span
ish vision.
What the crew dreaded actually came to
} pass. Three or four black, snaky hooking
= craft yards down on deck oar blades flashing
= at their sides and culverins peeping from
. their iorecestle breastworks, came out from
s under the land ard proceeded to heset the
G English fore and aft, so that their broadside
= guns should be useless, The odds were over
9 powering for the galleys. besides their eight
q teen-pounders and their power of motion in a
. calm, carried at least 100 fighting men
apiece No Englishman quailed, however ;
: valiant james "speacheu' his crew. The
J. English Bddles and flies struck up Fortune
My Foe, and the crew cheered as they
: heard brave words and brave notes. On
0 came the galleys, their well-trained oarsmen
' swinging IN unison at their work, while the
loud cracks of the drivers whips bracing the
4 slaves to their task suggestive enough
that present death might be preferable to an
uncertain tenure of one of those bare ben
y ches.
: how crd sibrn ,n1er q eborn steodv Gro cf
+ hail and arrow for ot that neriod The Enc.
II iisb vau s,;Il twonged and ,he vord. lone
Shaft still flew in many fight on sea and
land. To this missile warfare succeeded the
strife of brown bill and pike a"ainst rcm!tHr
= .,aroie Fnnl;sb MANAGED tn clear their decks g.
bnt nfter each rennise the Mussnlmnn wave
Y snroo5 boch ,ya;dbtier tbon hefora aud ot last
: | tbo srry;,;ro EnoI;sb oyaruLaInoad rother
n tbon hooten wee iyno hound foot and
o. bond on ia ballast of tSe;r cantrrs5 shin
z Thon f,ilowod a o,nonv vov,go to the near
i est African mort . bn,nilintino exposure in
" tLo siayo nar,,et ondFnr JobS Fny fonrtann
= ye.rs ~ hi,tot o,d ,.hoiIdyed etry,trd.
Il Tnnrtoor, snn,n,orS ot hord Labor on oar
i bennl, n';tb snanty food and the .timnlrs on.
l. lv ~ Na slnvat1r;yar,s Win Will tLo
+ Wediterroreon sun boked lis naked hodv
1t nd tha T,;,n sna s,,ray crrsted Il With soIt
is os" ot,a nova d;sroi ,bor tha
n,n,ara M,u.tiS ,soJ hr thc nxnit"ndnts 81
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rs eNpchae" III Tue plIa'e serVlce' sun Ai.i.G
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w vlyor OF the crew OF the ihrce n'y inoo"S,
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,r SO diverted Jonh lie that tne WINTER
10 l3I- 'S found HIM IN AleSendriN passing nv
~ 'ihe IN the usual coniiortless secIusion vi
y slave oarrack at one sac OF 'he uoch 9nr'
ii' whele the pirate gaIleyS were drawn uH i oi
a. oil me water on follers' "hi!e the'r o'tsl uh.i
3 aho gear "eie otoreo ava! IN coh'Suou
ag sheds IN this place came 10 Johh foN
m Sleall ol nope besluts pe'nS nun
ot great strength anu cons'allSy OF ,h'hu, out
ry tue real uhconqnerahie' nhkt'moie hn6uiar
y. SaNons IaS John Huliy' ptI"e heh'st IN
ed member oi lerliemea'' pm, ~ 'ohh L o
20 W's une salior J'ck,ol-ail-uadeS' anu
go nlS present eAigehcies ha1 turned MS a.'eL th
tloh To an I acquired much eApertIess III III
nu mystery OF hlrbcrlng' In country oil shaVe
a headS Joan cra,t was IN atmand anu D
ld- reason u ms sklli i'll scraping shuiis OF ID
he ialthtul he nau acl urea some itlie ia'or an
nw was allow rev slight privileges ann
ip, smallt an OF l"ertf' Sot came aoo'
he 'hat JON. + was permitted 10 pass n goo
81 many evenings ~ llt'le drinking Snop nea m
be the prison Inc place was kept py one VI
ias hcaro. AN CID Spanish prisoner, and cui
40 nlng fellow who 10y acquiring the iavor
his masters u 4 b ca enabled to open sma
'ar tavern, TO VIII ID ra'orted not only slaVe
ed, but, occasionally, Turkish gentlemen, VII
me- desired to break the law OF the Prophet witt
or ont fear OF detection. In this place Fo'
Gas Unticaro, and few more captives, by cou
ar tesy called Christians, met and plotted
4. is scheme of escape.
=, Finally, one dark night, this half doze
M desperadoes armed Themselves as well as the
aa. . could, and sent messenger to the governc
s os' of the slave barrack sSfrom one of the maj