. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... d,—while Dalton and Ipassed the earing. I began to see the meanness of thesetwo men, who, with the position they were holding, wouldrather resort to cunning than do their duty, especially in acase like this; I could see through their schemes, but someone had to lead. When we went out on that great, longbowsprit to furl the jib, we were ducked under, for she , THE LONG VOYAGE COMMENCED. 57 would first raise us high in the air, clinging to the slip-pery pole, th
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... d,—while Dalton and Ipassed the earing. I began to see the meanness of thesetwo men, who, with the position they were holding, wouldrather resort to cunning than do their duty, especially in acase like this; I could see through their schemes, but someone had to lead. When we went out on that great, longbowsprit to furl the jib, we were ducked under, for she , THE LONG VOYAGE COMMENCED. 57 would first raise us high in the air, clinging to the slip-pery pole, then would drive head foremost into the nextwave, with the white foam covering our heads, gurglinginto our ears and nostrils; we could not get a breath; sheseemed to hold us there as if enjoying the sport, thenwould rise again and shake the water from her sides like aNewfoundland dog when he lands after his bath. The Diver must have been modelled in ancient timeswhen our fathers invented an apparatus for ducking theirscolding wives. I could realize very forcibly the feelingsof the poor wife as she was forced under the cold water,. FURLING THE JIB. and rose again to see her lord and master standing on thebank, with a smile of satisfaction on his hard, cruel could not have been that she was conquered, but thereverse, according to my • experience in being ducked bythe Diver, but it was the law. However, woman kept onscolding just the same, until the executive working themachine got tired or died, or perhaps there was a droughtand the pond dried up, anyhow, manhood asserted itselfand woman was the victor, for life would be an intolerableexistence if she didnt scold a little. Well, the Diver went on, as sportive as ever, until we 5$ TO THE ALASKAN GOLD FIELDS. got below the latitude of the thirties, then we began tohave fine weather, but we also found we had very badwater to drink. The two old casks were used up, andwhen we opened one of the new we found it in an awfulcond
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