Note 16 — Chapter XX · THE 'PHANTOM SHIP' IN A TRAP
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The English papers stated later, on the authority of authentic(!) reports, that 'the captain of the Bluebell, on account of the heavy seas, was unfortunately unable to launch a boat and send a prize crew on board the Aud.' I wish to state emphatically, in contradiction, that there was neither wind nor sea at the time.