. 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. es, I now eagerly sought for an op-portunity to carry out my project, and at the same timeescape any undesirable acquaintance with a ropes end. In my capacity as steward it was my duty to scull thedingy ashore every morning, and do the marketing. On every trip made for this purpose, I paid particularattention to the names of the various craft in the
. 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. es, I now eagerly sought for an op-portunity to carry out my project, and at the same timeescape any undesirable acquaintance with a ropes end. In my capacity as steward it was my duty to scull thedingy ashore every morning, and do the marketing. On every trip made for this purpose, I paid particularattention to the names of the various craft in the roadstead,and of the ports from whence they hailed. About a cables length in shore of us lay a top-sailschooner, on whose stern read, Greenville, Washington, N. had just discharged a cargo of staves, and was nowpreparing for sea. Here, then, was the very chance Iwanted ! Afraid of being seen from our own decks, andmy intentions suspected, I did not dare to go on board, but SCULL ASHORE. 77 The occasion waited for an opportunity to see her captainsoon presented itself. I had sculled passed her one morning, and was close inshore, when I saw her boat, in which were two men, hauledup to the gangway, and the captain stepping in. I stepped. THE PLANTAIN. ashore at the same moment, and going up to the captain,asked him for a passage to the States. Without askingany questions, he said, yes; that he was very glad, as he hadlost two men overboard on the outward passage, and wasshort-handed. 78 TAR RIVER. As Captain Darden was anxious to catch the land breeze,he had given orders to weigh anchor between two and threeoclock next morning, at which time we weighed anchor,made sail, and stood out to sea on our passage homeward,heading for Washington, on Tar River, North Carolina,where we arrived after a tedious passage of nearly eightdays of calm and variable winds, interspersed with a mildhurricane or two, having touched at the Bermudas torepair damages such as a split mainsail, foreto
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