I wrap the document in a piece of tarpaulin and insert the package in the little keg, which measures six inches by three and a half.

'The motley crew, in vessels new, With Satan for their guide, sir, Pack'd up in bags, or wooden kegs, Come driving down the tide, sir. 'Therefore prepare for bloody war!

He bore on his shoulder a stout keg, that seemed full of liquor, and made signs for Rip to approach and assist him with the load.

As, in amaze, he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sirs, He spied a scoreof kegs, or more, Come floating down the tide, sirs.

Very true, but what if, instead of a bottle a diminutive, tightly closed keg were used?

September 20.This evening, I, unperceived, entered one of the store houses containing the booty pillaged from various ships and procured a keg very suitable for my experiment.

"There was an unopened keg of liquor in the teepee.

Such feats did they perform that day Upon these wicked kegs, sirs, That years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sirs.

They have also several mounted cannon and a large quantity of ammunition, 48 kegs of which they stole from a powder house not far distant from this, the property of a manufacturer of powder.