Publisher's Synopsis
"Bill!" "Aye, aye, bo!" "Guess this'll be a rum v'yage, mate." "Why, old shellback?" "'Cause I can't make out why we are wasting our time here, with the cargo all aboard and the wind fair." "Don't you fret yourself about that, Jem Backstay. The skipper knows what he's a-doing, and has got a heap o' 'sponsibility on them shoulders o' his'n-a fine ship and a valuable cargo to get home safe to old h'England with a short crew, and a lot o' murderin', blood-suckin' pirates all over the h'Indian seas!" "Pirates, Bill!"
