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Mr. Sennit brought on board with him , as a prize-crew , ten foremast men , besides a master 's - mate , of the name of Diggens . Under ordinary circumstances , this last dignitary would have been of sufficient skill to take the ship in : but this was the first prize Lord Harry had taken ; she promised to be valuable if condemned ; and I suppose he and his young , gentleman-like luffs were desirous of getting rid of their vulgar associate . At any rate , Messrs. Sennit and Diggens both came on board us , bag and baggage . The various changes , the lunch , and the chase of the morning , had so far worn away the day , that the two vessels did not make sail until four o'clock , P.M. , when both ships filled at the same time ; the Speedy on a wind , with two reefs in her top-sails , as when first seen , to play about for more prizes , and the Dawn under studding-sails , with the wind nearly over the taffrail . When all was ready , each ship started away from the vacant point on the ocean , where they had been lying for hours , moving on diverging lines , at a rate that soon put a wide expanse of water between them . I felt the circumstance of being left under the command of such a man as Sennit almost as sensibly as I felt the loss of my ship . He and the mate established themselves in my cabin , within the first hour , in a way that would have brought about an explosion , had not policy forbade it , on my part .