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Chapter 4
Solomon gingerly made his way down from the crows nest. When his feet alighted upon the deck Captain John came marching over. "Hey, Solo, I nee-" he paused mid speech when his eyes fell upon the wound. "You need to get that checked out by the surgeon" he stated. The Captain quickley marched Solomon below decks to the ship's surgeon.
After a couple minutes in the surgeon's room Solo cam out with rags wrapped aroud his arm. Captain John was waiting for him outside. "How goes it?" he asked.
"If it aint looking better by Wednesday they will amputate my arm" Solomon grumbled. The Captain stared wide-eyed at Solomon, "Ok" he said after a minute's worth of brooding.
Later that week, after the surgeon told Solomon he can keep his arm, Solo found himself in the crows nest with Henry Seaflint. it was a icy night, the wind was blowing like it never had before, the moon was high in the cloudless sky, illuminating the surroundings. Henry tapped Solo on the shoulder. Solomon looked at him, only to find him holding a telescope out to him. Solomon took the telescope. "About 4 degrees off starboad" said Henry with new-found excitement. Solo looked throught the telescope and against the dark sky was a darker shape. It was a shape Solo had seen plenty of times in paintings aboard the ship. It was Port Royal.
The captain, seeing and hearing the excitement called up to the crows nest, "Problems?"
"Nay, Captain, thar be land 4 degrees off starboard!" yelled Solo. The captain took out his own spyglass and looked, a moment later he was yelling orders to turn in that direction.
3 days later the ship was anchored some distance off land. Solomon found himself eager to help unload cargo into rowboats and row towards land. A hour after porting Solo found himself touching dry-land again. Port Royal was a beautiful town. It was like nothing Solo had ever seen before. There were magnificent houses, a ever greater fort - which Solo reconised as Fort Charles - that had shining cannons pointed out to sea, there was a low fog on the ground, children ran by, luaghing with pleasure, a dog barked somewhere.
Solomon jumped as somebody laid a hand on his shoulder, it was the captain. "Be a beautiful town, aint it not?" he asked Solomon
"It is maginificent" Solomon stated without hesitation. "I wonder-" Solomon was cut off as some Navy Soldiers, that he recognised from the ship, marched into the fort. Solomon continued speaking "I wonder if all towns in the caribbean are as great as this one"
"Some are, some aren't, others I dont know" Said the captain. "Come let me show you our home"
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There are probaly 2-3 chapters left. Any suggestions about wat could be improved apart from my spelling?