Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea . tJNDEF^ DOUBLE-REEFED TOPSAILS ^«AN OVERBOARO A^PROAGHING THE ISLAND OF JtiANFERNANDEZ S—and mysel aie. ^ ...^,..^., .^>,^-^a: i^.imy6^ fiM€mi Cl! t9^M^9^^ ^^j^. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST 47 belongs to Chili, and had been used by the government asa sort of Botany Bay for nearly two years; and the gov-ernor — an Englishman who had entered the Chilian navy— with a priest, half a dozen task-masters, and a body ofsoldiers, were stationed there to keep them in order. Thiswas no easy task; and only a few months before our ar-ri
Two years before the mast; a personal narrative of life at sea . tJNDEF^ DOUBLE-REEFED TOPSAILS ^«AN OVERBOARO A^PROAGHING THE ISLAND OF JtiANFERNANDEZ S—and mysel aie. ^ ...^,..^., .^>,^-^a: i^.imy6^ fiM€mi Cl! t9^M^9^^ ^^j^. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST 47 belongs to Chili, and had been used by the government asa sort of Botany Bay for nearly two years; and the gov-ernor — an Englishman who had entered the Chilian navy— with a priest, half a dozen task-masters, and a body ofsoldiers, were stationed there to keep them in order. Thiswas no easy task; and only a few months before our ar-rival, a few of them had stolen a boat at night, boarded abrig lying in the harbor, sent the captain and crew ashorein their boat, and gone off to sea. We were informed ofthis, and loaded our arms and kept strict watch on boardthrough the night, and were careful not to let the convictsget our knives from us when on shore. The worst part ofthe convicts, I found, were locked up under sentry in cavesdug into the side of the mountain, nearly halfway up, withmule-tracks leading to them, whence they were taken byday and set to work under task-masters upon building anaqueduct, a wharf, and other public works; while the restlived in
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