. 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. AT THE WHEEL. A SEA-WANDERER S LIFE. Chapter I. A gallant bark got under weigh,And with her sails my story. Tom Hood. A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep,Where the scattered waters raveAnd the winds their revels When Daniel DeFoe wrote that very pleasant story ofRobinson Crusoe, it is supposed that he intended to giveyoung bo
. 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. AT THE WHEEL. A SEA-WANDERER S LIFE. Chapter I. A gallant bark got under weigh,And with her sails my story. Tom Hood. A life on the ocean wave, A home on the rolling deep,Where the scattered waters raveAnd the winds their revels When Daniel DeFoe wrote that very pleasant story ofRobinson Crusoe, it is supposed that he intended to giveyoung boys such a salutary warning of the hardships of aiife at sea that they would be contented to stay on shore ;but it is now well known that the book had a contrary effect,and that its perusal has sent many men aboard ship, firedwith the desire of adventure upon the wide ocean. It wasnot that book that stirred my fancy, but the much finer,more soul-stirring one written by Charles Dibdin, fromwhich I cull these lines, which exactly describe my boyishnotion of the first ship I sailed in : I sailed from the Downs in the Nancy. My jib ! how she smacked through the a vessel as light to my fancyAs ever sailed oer the salt seas. Dibdin wrote many a fine
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