. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. her lee-rail, and spouts ofwater came flying up through the scupper-holes. Go it, old girl ; bustle along! exclaimed I dont want you to walk, and I dont want 19 274 SPUNVARN AND SPINDRIFT. you to run ; but I want you to spread your wings andfly! Flash!—and a vivid streak zig-zagged athwart thesky. Crash—rattle—crash ! boomed the solemn the captain, who was holding on to the weather-mizen-rigging glancing anxiously aloft, first at his spars,and then at the menacing clouds, sho
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. her lee-rail, and spouts ofwater came flying up through the scupper-holes. Go it, old girl ; bustle along! exclaimed I dont want you to walk, and I dont want 19 274 SPUNVARN AND SPINDRIFT. you to run ; but I want you to spread your wings andfly! Flash!—and a vivid streak zig-zagged athwart thesky. Crash—rattle—crash ! boomed the solemn the captain, who was holding on to the weather-mizen-rigging glancing anxiously aloft, first at his spars,and then at the menacing clouds, showed no sign oftaking in the sails. Another flash, farther away thistime, and, after a longer interval, another peal of thunder. Hurrah! we are drawing away clear of it. It is onour lee-quarter. It is astern ! Go below, the starboard-watch, and get your our side. For the splendid breeze thatcarried us past the thunderstorm, had dropped per-ceptibly, and shifted farther ahead. So much for the Eastern passages, and I for one amvery glad that we are clear of CHAPTER XXII. WIND AND WATER. THE CYCLONE—RUNNING FOR IT—BILLY LOONEY HAS A LESSON INHARPOONING—THE CAPTAIN AND HIS SHOWER-BATH—RETALIATION. jE had all sorts of weather after passing out of Gillolos traits—calms, head winds, fair winds, and so on for nearly a week, and then, when the Albatross was in the latitude of elew Islands, a terrific cyclone came along and rove us leagues and leagues out of our course. It was a lovely morning, clear and fresh, with scarcely a cloud in the sky. There was only just enough wind to keep the sails asleep, and the ship, on an easy bowline, slid quietly through the placid water. Our watch went below at breakfast time, and afterthe meal was over I turned into my bunk and lay therereading Midshipman Easy, which the doctor had lentme. Presently, old Barrett, who had been washingclothes on the forehatch, came into the forecastle,brineine the wet things
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