Two years abaft the mast; or, Life as a sea apprentice . he heavyrollers, which dash with a tremendous noise upagainst the stone stairs, now rising high up,now sinking low down. The boats are broad-beamed, and are fitted with a short pole in thestern fixed perpendicularly. As the wary boat-man cautiously approaches stern on, rising andsinking a dozen feet and more, hove right andleft, you hang on to this while undergoing thechucking about business. An iron crane,with a rope attached, overhangs the stepswhich, should you miss stepping out at theexact moment, you lay hold of, and by that,means a
Two years abaft the mast; or, Life as a sea apprentice . he heavyrollers, which dash with a tremendous noise upagainst the stone stairs, now rising high up,now sinking low down. The boats are broad-beamed, and are fitted with a short pole in thestern fixed perpendicularly. As the wary boat-man cautiously approaches stern on, rising andsinking a dozen feet and more, hove right andleft, you hang on to this while undergoing thechucking about business. An iron crane,with a rope attached, overhangs the stepswhich, should you miss stepping out at theexact moment, you lay hold of, and by that,means are swung on terra firma, hanging in theair. Once landed, we allowed the men to takethe lead. For the same reason that the afterbirds do not like the apprentices entering theforecastle, so they look with disfavour on themaccompanying its inmates ashore; they are sup-posed to pick up the ideas of old sailors * and sea lawyers, and be otherwise consequence is, that when meeting a body ofour forecastle friends in port, one is assailed with. JAMESTOWN. 281 a little chaffing—sarcastic and otherwise. Hi!look at our brass-bounders ! Make way forthe midshipmen ! You did well to put ongloves: your hands are black and tarry orders have you? Ah ! I would notbe seen walking—ah ! with a common sailor! All given and received without the slightestoffence. Walking along with high cliffs on our leftand the harbour on our right, we reached thequay, or rather that which has the appearanceof one, then crossing the moat, we enteredJamestown through the porch. In passinghere after , all persons not belongingto the island have to sign their names in theguard - room. Before crossing the moat wehalted to gaze upon the romance of the waves as they rushed curling and sweep-ing along the beach with a loud roar, lent apleasant harmonising sound to the us, out in the offing, lay the shipping;at the back of it the wide ocean. The sun wasthen
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