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ufac4 "You mean to dictate your orders to me," repeated the commander. "Make the course west north-west," said he to the first lieutenant, as he joined him on the bridge. Mr. Pennant, the third lieutenant, on account of his wound, which was not severe enough to render him unfit for ordinary duty, was appointed prize-master of the Sphinx, with orders to report 362 at New York for condemnation. A furlough was given to Christy, with a stateroom on board of the captured steamer. She was fitted out so that she could defend herself, or even capture any vessel of the enemy within her reach, and not too strong for her. She was not as fast as the Bronx, but she had logged over twelve knots on the passage from Barataria Bay, and was therefore likely to be added to the force of the navy. 230 "All ready, sir; and the signal was a sky-rocket, which the pilot could see over the fog."