“How much do you think the prize will be worth?” Harman asked.
“I have really no idea, but I am sure that what we have got here and in the schooner must be worth some thousands of pounds. What we have left behind must be the contents of about ten vessels, as all we have been able to take is only a full cargo for one good-sized ship.”
CHAPTER IX
A SPELL ASHORE
Ten days later they arrived at Jamaica, and Will at once went to make his report to the admiral.
“Well,” the admiral said heartily, “you have brought in another prize, Mr. Gilmore. She looks a mere hulk, and is remarkably deep in the water. What is she?”
“She is the schooner that sank the Northumberland.”
“You must have knocked her about terribly, for she is evidently sinking.”
“No, sir, she is all right except that the stern is shattered. We have covered it over with tarpaulins backed by battens; otherwise she is almost uninjured.”