Now that all her canvas was at length set, the heavy loss of men that she had sustained was no very serious disadvantage to her; for with one good man to steer her, she would sail as well with a dozen hands as with a hundred on deck, and there could be no doubt that she was going very fast through the water.  The point now was whether, as we converged toward each other--as we were now doing, the two craft being on opposite tacks--we could persuade her, by means of our bow guns, to give in, and so save us the time that would be consumed in a long stern-chase.