. 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. Cape, where wewere suddenlybroughtup by a succession ofheavy westerly gales,which, after blowingthemselves tired, soonmerged into the sou-east trades, which we carried up to 120 north latitude and500 west longitude. The soueast wind then merg >d intothe northeast tradewinds, until, in the month of March, weapproached Cape Hatteras. As we neared t
. 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. Cape, where wewere suddenlybroughtup by a succession ofheavy westerly gales,which, after blowingthemselves tired, soonmerged into the sou-east trades, which we carried up to 120 north latitude and500 west longitude. The soueast wind then merg >d intothe northeast tradewinds, until, in the month of March, weapproached Cape Hatteras. As we neared that muchdreaded promontory, the mackerel scales and bears tailsthat make lofty ships carry low sails, filled the sky, andwe kept well to the eastard to get an offing. All thatnight we steered to the northard and eastard under snugcanvas. Next morning the wind begun to pipe from theeastard and to increase in force, until, at twelve, it had in-creased to a living gale, accompanied with a correspondingreduction of canvas on our part, until just before dark, wewore and stood to the southard on the port tack underclose-reefed topsail, reefed foresail, and fore-topmast stay-sail, distant from Sandy Hook by dead reckoning eighty WELCOME TO 382 JENNY LIND. miles, and bearing norwest by west. We stood to thesouthard until 12 m., when the wind commenced to veer tothe southeast, then we wore ship, and stood to the northard,and made sail, shaking two reefs out of the topsails, reef outof foresail, and kept on to the northard and eastard until4 a. m., when we gave her the jib and mainsail at day-break, spoke a pilot-boat, hove to and received a after, weather moderating, took a tug, clewed andfurled all our canvas, by 2 oclock p. m. were put alongsidethe wharf in the East river, and soon had her hard andfast. We were paid off two days after, and, as I had determinedbefore leaving on this my last voyage that it should be thelast, I sought and soon obtained employment as a
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