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The long-boat, with the increased experience of its crew, was doing very / well, and it would soon be within hailing-distance of the Bellevite. But / Major Pierson could hardly help discovering that the Leopard was under / way, though he seemed to give his whole attention to the boat and the / steamer ahead of him.
Christy went aft to ascertain the situation of the steamer from the / north-west, and with the glass he satisfied himself that she was not / exactly a river steamer, such as he had seen on the Alabama; or, if she / was, she had been altered to fit her for duty on the bay.