A Middy Of The Slave Squadron: A West African Story

Phew!" ejaculated Mr Perry, first lieutenant of His Britannic Majesty's corvette Psyche, as he removed his hat and mopped the perspiration from his streaming forehead with an enormous spotted pocket-handkerchief. "I believe it's getting hotter instead of cooler; although, by all the laws that are supposed to govern this pestiferous climate, we ought to be close upon the coolest hour of the twenty-four! Just step aft to the skylight, Mr Fortescue, and see what the time is, will ye? It must surely be nearing two bells."

• • Author: Harry Collingwood
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 09, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 140 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1523898976
• • ISBN-13: 9781523898978