. 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. tine. The soil, where it was cleared, was rich, but the negroeshad no time for agriculture; for they worked often fromfour in the morning till eleven at night, loading vessels. Soit was the custom—and it may be said, also, the local law—for their female associates to lazily till, or rather scratch,the fertile soil, and raise vegetables enough to sup
. 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. tine. The soil, where it was cleared, was rich, but the negroeshad no time for agriculture; for they worked often fromfour in the morning till eleven at night, loading vessels. Soit was the custom—and it may be said, also, the local law—for their female associates to lazily till, or rather scratch,the fertile soil, and raise vegetables enough to supply the in-habitants of the city. The main reliance of both town and country was placed,and very justly, too, in the poultry, which, left to their owndevices, thrived and multiplied amazingly, in spite of theconstant depletions of their ranks by their black and whitefoes, and, with a praiseworthy spirit of forgiveness, filledevery nook and corner with real fresh, new-laid eggs. The pleasures of this Arcadia of the New World soonpalling upon my rather fastidious taste, I shipped as secondhand on board of the fore-and-aft schooner Valiant, seventy-two tons measurement, Captain Farrow. This vessel was engaged in carrying freight between 61. 8o SCHOONER VALIANT. Washington, Philadelphia, and New York, and carried600 barrels of tar or turpentine, 300 below hatches, and300 on deck. Philadelphia was then but a small cityin comparison to its present vast extent. At that time therewere no houses above Fourth street. Camden, where wedischarged, had about a dozen houses. I remained in the Valiant about a year and a half, re-ceiving good wages and better food, perfecting myself inknotting, splicing, setting up, reefing, furling, and steering,so that at the time I parted company with Captain Farrowat Philadelphia, and my shipmates of the Valiant, I feltjustified in calling myself an ordinary seaman. On board of the Valiant we lived on salt makerel, corndodger, poultry and eggs, with Yup
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