. Two years on the Alabama. hewould make against the commerce of such a nation as Eng-land or the German Empire ! If we may take the career ofour ship as a criterion, the number and power of the pur-suers does not seem to be a factor towards success. Thedifficulty of overhauling seems the puzzle. A ship at seais like a needle in a haystack. We just learned that theWyoming had been at Rhio, a Dutch possession, and coaledship. She must have been hunting us all the time understeam ; so that we have in our late hunting expedition afterthe China fleet crossed each others tracks several times. We mu
. Two years on the Alabama. hewould make against the commerce of such a nation as Eng-land or the German Empire ! If we may take the career ofour ship as a criterion, the number and power of the pur-suers does not seem to be a factor towards success. Thedifficulty of overhauling seems the puzzle. A ship at seais like a needle in a haystack. We just learned that theWyoming had been at Rhio, a Dutch possession, and coaledship. She must have been hunting us all the time understeam ; so that we have in our late hunting expedition afterthe China fleet crossed each others tracks several times. We must turn our attention somewhat to the to the coal-dock, and crowded with visitors andtradesmen from early morn to late eve, our fellows haveevery opportunity for the smuggling of grog on , Corporal Rawse, had he the eyes of Janus, couldnot keep liquor out of the ship. A most villanous distil-lation, too, it is. This Chinese samshee, a productionfrom rice, for rapid and effectual work would cause Jer-. Masters Mate James Evans(Scout.) SAMSIIEE 205 sey lightning to blush. The number of snakes in itwould make a head of hair for Medusa. Our vagabondsare in every stage of drunk, from kitten playfulness tofighting trim, and are to be found scattered from the dockalong the broadway into the city. No occasion for moneyto keep up the sport (so called) ; for our Jacks are the petsof the people, and money dont count in it. Here you willsee an old sea-dog, making half boards to windward,coming up to the wind, and shivering his canvas, thensteadying and filling away again. Another making betterweather and standing before it. Our friends the cabmenare busy, too, with the blackguards, voyaging them frompoint to point. Our officers are hard at it, boarding andcapturing the runaways ; the principal difficulty in the waybeing the so-called attentions and hospitality of the towns-people, who are making heroes of our worthies, hidingthem away without thought of the seriousn
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