. 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. eived our cargo of rice inbags, and made ready for sea; then weighed anchor, andbore away for China, distant one thousand two hundredmiles. Arrived in Whampoa reach, the seaport of Canton,we moored ship after a passage of twelve days, unbent sails,after drying them, sent down royal-yards, lashing them tothe swifters, and then commenced discharging t
. 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. eived our cargo of rice inbags, and made ready for sea; then weighed anchor, andbore away for China, distant one thousand two hundredmiles. Arrived in Whampoa reach, the seaport of Canton,we moored ship after a passage of twelve days, unbent sails,after drying them, sent down royal-yards, lashing them tothe swifters, and then commenced discharging the rice intochops (native lighters). We had been at work a couple of days discharging therice, when the old trouble between the officers and crewbroke out again. One of the latter, who had been floggedat Sydney, was talking in a loud tone of voice while at work,when the mate ordered him to shut up, or he would servehim the same as at Sydney, to which the man retorted thathe would not shut up, as he could and would work and talkas well. The mate at length, assisted by the second mate andcaptain, sought to lay hands on the seaman, who defendedhimself, in which he was ably seconded by the entire crew, x^::^ * V :i*r . • i-- ?> - ;%>,. SUNSET. INVESTIGATION. 249 who quit work, resolved that they should receive goodtreatment as men, or claim the protection of the U. Brandywine, which lay moored off the BoccaTigris, or Bogue Forts, a few miles below our anchorageat Whampoa. The captain and mates, awed by the resoluteattitude of the crew, retreated into the cabin and instantly wrote a letter to Commodore Parker in commandof the frigate Brandywine, flagship of the American Asiaticsquadron, submitting our grievances, and reciting the tyran-nical and cruel conduct of the captain and officers of theNavigator, and invited an investigation, with the object ofputting a stop to further acts of oppression. This letter I had conveyed by a native boat called a fastb
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