Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea . KEEPING HOLD OF THE ROPE WITH ONEHAND. I SCRAMBLED IN ^?E MAST of the-h one r; we saw, the ^_owsers, and hat. with ^ting off .,holdmg onV:d until I came to a pi-LVthe hides were ras^O^vStdfTe aehd;4:0^raa«b!^^Ml Ssij3M/^0Se<iedoR;a^lodgmg all. Tl on mv wav. Just b^^low thi? oiac and a few gulls flying in -^--;- i perceivea, observ- leaw black ne hides were pitclied into the boats; and,LJaculty, and by wading ne: • - —-got the boats through the surf- crew towed th . ~ss to^ed bv ^. .. oil, pitching at
Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea . KEEPING HOLD OF THE ROPE WITH ONEHAND. I SCRAMBLED IN ^?E MAST of the-h one r; we saw, the ^_owsers, and hat. with ^ting off .,holdmg onV:d until I came to a pi-LVthe hides were ras^O^vStdfTe aehd;4:0^raa«b!^^Ml Ssij3M/^0Se<iedoR;a^lodgmg all. Tl on mv wav. Just b^^low thi? oiac and a few gulls flying in -^--;- i perceivea, observ- leaw black ne hides were pitclied into the boats; and,LJaculty, and by wading ne: • - —-got the boats through the surf- crew towed th . ~ss to^ed bv ^. .. oil, pitching at her;ura, the heavier grew the. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST 219 swell. Our boat stood nearly up and down several times;the pinnace parted her tow-line, and we expected everymoment to see the launch swamped. We at length gotalongside, our boats half full of water; and now came thegreatest difficulty of all, — unloading the boats, in a heavysea, which pitched them about so that it was almost im-possible to stand in them; raising them sometimes even withthe rail, and again dropping them below the bends. Withgreat difficulty, we got all the hides aboard and stowedunder hatches, the yard and stay tackles hooked on, andthe launch and pinnace hoisted, chocked, and quarter-boats were then hoisted up, and we beganheaving in on the chain. Getting the anchor was no easywork in such a sea, but as we were not coming back to thisport, the captain determined not to slip. The ships headpitched into the sea, and the water rushed through thehawse-holes, and the chain surged so as almost to unshipthe barrel of the windlass.
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