you'd probably grab a paddle board and paddle out and grab them, instead of swimming out

my father and mother strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence, I was intended for some great purpose

From 1751 to 1758, Makandal, a one-armed former slave and houngan, staged a rebellion that claimed some six thousand lives.

… Must have been mightly well corked. With every possible care, probably. …