Two years abaft the mast; or, Life as a sea apprentice . 708 065 9. PREFACE. The love of adventure, together with thatinclination for the sea so characteristic ofEnglish youths, led me to try a seafaringlife. Feeling assured that my friendswould like to know what I did at sea,and what I saw, I kept a diary or log,in which I entered occurrences, and myimpressions. When I returned homeafter a lengthened voyage, and was per-suaded to embrace a less arduous profes-sion ashore, it occurred to me that mynotes, shaped into the form of a book,might not prove altogether unpalatable tothe general public
Two years abaft the mast; or, Life as a sea apprentice . 708 065 9. PREFACE. The love of adventure, together with thatinclination for the sea so characteristic ofEnglish youths, led me to try a seafaringlife. Feeling assured that my friendswould like to know what I did at sea,and what I saw, I kept a diary or log,in which I entered occurrences, and myimpressions. When I returned homeafter a lengthened voyage, and was per-suaded to embrace a less arduous profes-sion ashore, it occurred to me that mynotes, shaped into the form of a book,might not prove altogether unpalatable tothe general public, whose sympathy andinterest have lately been so ferventlyenlisted in the merchant seamans cause vi PREFACE. by the praiseworthy efforts of Mr SamuelPlimsoll, In this belief I was furtherstrengthened by the fact, that althoughnumberless works have from time to timeappeared about Jack and sea life, theywere either the dreams of mere novelists,or else they were written by Navy officers,who, to say nothing of the radical differ-ences between the Eoyal Navy and
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