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Excerpt from Servitude
The owners of the brig, a firm of Leghorn merchants, who had extensive dealings with England, were acquainted with his real name. These gentlemen thought highly Of William Brown, ' both for his courage and seamanship; but, knowing his state in life, it was a long time before they would accede to his request to be allowed to take the brig across the Medi terranean, and this in Spite Of the fact that there were, for the moment, no other officers to be had. The captain Of the Stella Marina, and the first and second mates, had all died of fever on the' brig's last ill-fated voyage. She had been brought into Leghorn harbour by the third mate, who, how ever, was not considered to have enough experience to be definitely entrusted with the command of the ship.
The shipowners had vainly endeavoured to point out to William Brown the danger which he ran.
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