. 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. een avoided. The heel lashing of the port or larboardsheer leg had not been properly secured from tripping, andas we set taut on the new spar, which was in the water onthe starboard side, the whole business (as it is now termed)came crashing down, carrying away bulwarks, and killingtwo men on the spot where they stood, on the spar whichthey had been
. 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. een avoided. The heel lashing of the port or larboardsheer leg had not been properly secured from tripping, andas we set taut on the new spar, which was in the water onthe starboard side, the whole business (as it is now termed)came crashing down, carrying away bulwarks, and killingtwo men on the spot where they stood, on the spar whichthey had been lashing, During the norther that sprung our foremast, as justnarrated, I had occasion to go out to the lee foreyard-arm,not being able to go into the head, and was about fifteenfeet outboard, and in the act of adjusting my clothing,when the lee-lift parted, but I just saved myself by catchingthe foot-rope as I was in the act of falling, thus narrowlyescaping certain death. When I was waiting my turn to ask for letters at thewindow of the post office in New Orleans some one tappedme on the shoulder; it was a Captain Logan, from Ver-mont, but who was brought up in Montreal, where he andI went to school together. He asked me to go with him as. SOTO LA MARINA. 272 AN EPISODE. mate in the Isaac Allerton, but I had other plans and couldnot accept. He afterwards retired with a competence,bought a farm near Skaneateles, New York, a beautifulspot overlooking the lake. Many of his neighbors areQuakers, and he is half inclined that way now. A boats crew, of which I was a component part, fullyarmed, one day had a very narrow escape from falling intothe hands of the enemy. We had gone ashore on a forag-ing expedition at a place called Soto la Marina, on theMexican coast, and had already met with some success,when we espied a body of Mexican lancers coming downon us at full charge. A scamper for the boat ensued, as itwas sauve qui pent, and we fortunately got away in time, for,though the so
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