. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. TVffV THE BOY BECAME A SURVEYOR. 31 England, to whom she had written about her son Georgeand his desire to ship as a sailor on one of the tobacco-carry-ing vessels that sailed between the Potomac wharves andEnglish ports. Do not let him go to sea, the letter said, Make a tinker or a tailor of him, or anything that will keephim on shore, rather than see him sail away from you as a sailor before the mast. A sailoron one of these trading vesselsis worse off than one of yournegro slaves. He has not a mo-ment he can call his
. The true story of George Washington : called the father of his country. TVffV THE BOY BECAME A SURVEYOR. 31 England, to whom she had written about her son Georgeand his desire to ship as a sailor on one of the tobacco-carry-ing vessels that sailed between the Potomac wharves andEnglish ports. Do not let him go to sea, the letter said, Make a tinker or a tailor of him, or anything that will keephim on shore, rather than see him sail away from you as a sailor before the mast. A sailoron one of these trading vesselsis worse off than one of yournegro slaves. He has not a mo-ment he can call his own; he iskicked and cuffed and robbedand beaten; not a dog but hasan easier life. If he hopes toget into the kings navy, the chances are small for heknows no one who could get him a berth, and there arehundreds of boys waiting to get in who have a betterchance than he. And suppose he should stick to his trad-ing life and get to be captain of a tobacco ship — why, anysmall planter in Virginia is better off than one of these ship-masters. Tell the boy not to be in too
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