Il nous regarde encore, ensuite il se recouche, tout en léchant le sang répandu sur sa bouche, et, sans daigner savoir comment il a péri, refermant ses grands yeux, meurt sans jeter un cri.
In every pirate movie there’s always at least one crew member who wears an eye patch, usually due to some hideous disfigurement. (…)
Actually, it looks like the only reason pirates wore eye patches was to keep one eye adjusted to darkness while boarding another ship. That’s right: If this theory is correct, they only wore the patch before and during a raid. (…)
It takes the human eye several minutes to adjust to darkness — however, this way, pirates could simply swap the eye patch and immediately be prepared to fight in the lower decks without constantly running into walls, which is something you’d probably want to avoid if you’re carrying a cutlass.
