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`` So the Cavalier Caretto told me , '' the grand master replied . `` Very well , then . In three days you shall set out again . The admiral tells me that never before has a galley returned with the slaves in such good health and condition , and that unquestionably your plan of erecting an awning to shelter them from the midday heat and the night dews has had a most beneficial effect on their health ; he has recommended its general adoption . '' Three days later the Santa Barbara again left port , and was soon upon her station . For some weeks she cruised backwards and forwards along the coast and among the islands . They often heard of the pirate ship , but all their efforts to find her were unavailing .