Excerpt from In the War With Mexico: A Midshipman's Adventures on Ship and ShoreNo, sir, I think not. We couldn't possibly overhaul her before we ran in pointblank range of the guns yonder.No, I suppose not, returned the other, yet I hate to let her go. Dash it all, she'll be the first vessel to run the blockade since we have been on the station! I dislike to break a clean record.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.