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Excerpt from The Petrel, Vol. 2 of 3: A Tale of the Sea
Should they surprise a village, rapine and murder were their trade; a sudden night at tack, and indiscriminate slaughter, their fa vourite mode of warfare. And if they pro ceeded in profound silence, it was not by concert or agreement, still less from orders to that effect. Every prowling savage, biped, or quadruped, when urged by hunger and thirst, hoping to escape his enemy, or to surprise his prey, is silent, and cautious by instinct.
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