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Show UIFK IN A PIRATB SHIP. M Tf UUkoHit aUor a Always roaJjh.s k Terr aeverelj. 9mn Tb ouitoms and regulattoas most W'! commonly oburved oa board a T5uo- ffiji M&eer or worth notls, nr the IBrv: haUonal Obterver Every tdrat US captain doubtleis had Ms own sit IB ot rulei, but there were oc fl tain traditional artloUl that im te bav. Uen geniralljr adopteeV Tb cptaln bad tb itate cabin, a doubt 7ote In eleotlom, a doubl ibar ot booty On torn vinili it wat tb captain who decided what direction to lail in, but thU and other mstUrs ot moment wer otunor settled by roto ot th company, the captain's vote counting (or two. Theoffloershad aiharaanda hall or a aharwanla quarter ol all plunder and th sailors on ihar each. Booty was divided with lompuloui car, and marooning was th penalty ol attempting to defraud de-fraud th general company, il only to tho amount ol a irold piece Or a dollar Every man bad a full vote la, every affair of lmportanoe. Arms wor always tb be olean and fit (or servioo, and detortion ot th ship or quortere In battle was pun- -libad with death. On Roberts' ship a man who wai crippled In battle received re-ceived 1300 out ol th common stook. and a proportion! sum wai awarded (or loner hurts Lowther allowed CloO tor the lots ol a limb, and other taptalns Instituted a sort of tarif on wounds, which oxtended to ears, linger and toes. In ahase or battle) the oaptiln'i power was abseluU He who flrst spied a sail, If th proved to be a prut, wai entitled to the best pair ot plitoli on board her over and above hli dividend. These pistols were greatly coveted, and a pair would sell (or as muoh as 80 from one pirate to another. In their own oommonwealtb th pirate ar reported to bav been severe upon tho point ot honor, and among RoVerte' orew it was th practice to lilt tb ears or note ot any sailor found guilty ot robbing his (eUows. Such (eeble interest as now atvoak o what waa one th formidable, Mm ot the pirates la not ith itaiHe.i it 1 merely oomto. Mo imaginatlv ettavltt dltcuties piracy as a Da art) but Paul Jones is reiurreoUd as th hero ot a musical burUiqu Poor Paul! And be li almott tho only oa ot lb whole buccaneering raeo. whaea story discovers a trace of tha tsfsad- jujulimitLM atoay-. t'H'- ? , .. TToldaiiwifV?fl!iWWW ' MailtegJ!tJJr wfclati Je tWe- . |