The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world . to oneor other his desire to be relieved, but in vain ; and when thedrunken orgies began, he was not sorry to be at the helm, asthis was sufficient excuse for not joining with them. The ten wretched men, after much drunken revelry, layasleep upon the deck. Chips was alone on board, so far as thepossession of his powers was concerned. And now a dreadfulthought of vengeance for the fate of the basely assassinated cap-tain filled his soul. The mutineers were at his mercy—shouldhe not in turn make way with them? There was not a little
The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world . to oneor other his desire to be relieved, but in vain ; and when thedrunken orgies began, he was not sorry to be at the helm, asthis was sufficient excuse for not joining with them. The ten wretched men, after much drunken revelry, layasleep upon the deck. Chips was alone on board, so far as thepossession of his powers was concerned. And now a dreadfulthought of vengeance for the fate of the basely assassinated cap-tain filled his soul. The mutineers were at his mercy—shouldhe not in turn make way with them? There was not a little fearthat, arriving: at their destination, and having; no longer a ncces-sitv for him, they would make way with him, to prevent onewho had been an unwilling and inactive looker-on in the frayfrom bringing the affair before the world. A proper regard forhis wn safety, therefore, also prompted the carpenter to takejustice in his own hands. His mind was soon made up. Lashing the wheel in suchmanner that she would for some time guide herself, lie took a. FLEET STREET. GOOD-BY TO LONDON. 131 the Sundays and the solitary liberty day which was grantedus. On these occasions we saw St. Pauls, ascended the Lon-don monument (whence we saw nothing but smoke), and , with a few of the squares, and passed several timesthrough the tunnel. When I took in consideration the vnumber of noteworthy objects of which I saw no more thanthough I had not been in London at all, I was almost sorrvthat I had come, and had certainly to admit to mvself thatI had gone a very hard voyage to very little purpose, so faras sight-seeing was concerned. When we found that we should have to make the returnpassage in our brig, we asked the captain to have her bottumcaulked before taking in cargo, that she might not leak whenshe got to sea. This he refused to do, because, in the firstplace, it would cost money, and next, it would take time, andhe had neither to spare. Besides, said he, we shall have nothing in
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