. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. aveand say adieu to the good people I had become acquaintedwith, nor to leave the comfortable quarters, including thecakes and wine. But good times as well as bad must haveend, and after a stay of six months on the island, I and thefour remaining crew of the defunct Galen were directed bythe consul to go on board the brig Sarah and Abigail, boundfor
. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. aveand say adieu to the good people I had become acquaintedwith, nor to leave the comfortable quarters, including thecakes and wine. But good times as well as bad must haveend, and after a stay of six months on the island, I and thefour remaining crew of the defunct Galen were directed bythe consul to go on board the brig Sarah and Abigail, boundfor Boston. The Sarah and Abigail had been on an unsuccessful whal-ing voyage among the islands of the North Atlantic, and cameto Fayal to fill up with oranges and wine on her return to NewEngland. We of the crew of the Galen were shipped as UnitedStates protected seamen, the government paying ten dollarsapiece for us. The first night out all hands were musteredon deck to choose watches, and we were mustered also, butwe told Captain Doane bluntly that we were passengers andwould not stand watch ; upon which he said, Very well, ifyou refuse to stand watch you shall have nothing to , the threat fell harmless upon us, for the vessel being. SENTINEL. FORAGING. 225 loaded mostly with wine and oranges it seemed to us thatwith a seamans instinct for foraging under ordinary circum-stances, it would only reflect discredit on our abilities if weallowed ourselves to starve. Accordingly, with the silentacquiescence of the crew forard, we carefully took out aboard of the bulkhead separating the focastle from the hold,so that with the ruby wine and the fruit, to which we helpedourselves liberally, on the principle that * the gods help thosewho help themselves, and what the crew gave us in the wayof solids we fared sumptuously every day. We encountered continuous westerly winds almost theentire passage, souwest alternating to norwest. Thus wecontinued hammering at it for a month, wh
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