. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... ^ carrying fruit. The dug-out canoes were quitenumerous, being used for fishing about the bay, and I no-ticed they set a trawl. While we were waiting for the stores to come on TRADING LUGGERS OF BAHTA, BRAZIL. some of the boys thought they would try a swim; Dal tonstarted in, followed by those who could swim, and theyseemed to be enjoying their bath, when Ryan appeared onthe rail. Xow, Ryan thought he would do something thatnone of the others could do,
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... ^ carrying fruit. The dug-out canoes were quitenumerous, being used for fishing about the bay, and I no-ticed they set a trawl. While we were waiting for the stores to come on TRADING LUGGERS OF BAHTA, BRAZIL. some of the boys thought they would try a swim; Dal tonstarted in, followed by those who could swim, and theyseemed to be enjoying their bath, when Ryan appeared onthe rail. Xow, Ryan thought he would do something thatnone of the others could do, that was to turn a somer-sault ; but he misjudged the distance, and struck flat onthe water, with his face downward, and lay motionless fora minute, then made a sluggish struggle to place himselfright, but he had his mouth open, and consequently drewin a lot oi salt water. I was afraid at first, but when he 68 TO THE ALASKAN GOLD FIELDS. struck out for the side of the vessel my fears vanished,my hopes were realized, and Ryan was safe. The boyscame on board and congratulated him on his escape froma watery grave, and advised him to keep his mouth closedwhenever he dove under water, but it really was a narrowescape from a sad accident that would have ended hisdays. The next day was the first of January, and as o
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