The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world . the captain, and inquired, with an air of authority,of our ports of departure and destination, and hinted his desire tosee the ships papers. Youd rather see some good rum, old fellow, said the skip-per rather irreverently, now, wouldnt you ? The exhibition of a shining set of ivory, and an almostindefinite extension of white about the eyes, were sufficientevidences of the favor with which this remark was received. The appearance of the steward, with a junk-bottle of thearticle in question, caused the Deputy United States Consul to
The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world . the captain, and inquired, with an air of authority,of our ports of departure and destination, and hinted his desire tosee the ships papers. Youd rather see some good rum, old fellow, said the skip-per rather irreverently, now, wouldnt you ? The exhibition of a shining set of ivory, and an almostindefinite extension of white about the eyes, were sufficientevidences of the favor with which this remark was received. The appearance of the steward, with a junk-bottle of thearticle in question, caused the Deputy United States Consul todeclare himself at our service for anything in his line, whichproved to be a very short line, however, as it included only anabundance of fresh water and a few fresh fish. Accordingly, welowered a boat, and placing in it a cask, pulled ashore, precededby our friend, who, depositing his coat-tails carefully on a boardprovided for that purpose, sat in the bottom of his canoe andpaddled to the beach. Here we found little but a wilderness a M td>X> > 03. MOBILE BAY. 29 of tangled brush, in the midst of which was discernible- theresidence of the Deputy United States Consul. His lady, pos-sessing, perhaps, a yet scantier wardrobe than her liege lord,declined showing herself, even to the mate, who had expresseda strong desire to make her acquaintance. So we were obligedto fill our water-cask, uncheered, so said he, by the smilesof beauty, and returned on board, with rather a poor opinionof this one of Berrys Keys. Our Consul was monarch of allhe surveyed, and told us that he had done duty there for theUnited States Government for fifteen years, making only a semi-annual trip to New Providence, to relieve the tedium of hisrather monotonous life. Besides the fish and water before mentioned, we werefortunate enough to obtain a quantity of turtle eggs, that genuineWest Indian luxury, which, however, I did not like, althoughcooked in the most approved style. I fancied a fishy tast
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