on board Quotes

“A mutiny on board the Black Pig! Captain Pugwash is cast ashore and his crew take over the ship.”

“A dozen canoes left the island the next morning, some of them enormous vessels capable of carrying a hundred people. All the canoes had slaves on board. Lyapo tried to count them, hiding his hands between his knees as the ticked off the numbers.”

“They’re a present. They think we came on board specially to ask for them and they’ll be as upset as two coots if we don’t take them with us.”