. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... f the planks had sprung offfrom the Divers bow. Rounds looked and saw the thickpiece of sheet iron that covers a portion of her bow tokeep the anchor stack from charing the wood. He explainedto Carliff, who wished to have his ignorance excused, say-ing, I never saw it there before; I am one of the kindthat, when I see anything that I dont understand, I wantto report it to somebody. I hope you will excuse me. Idont know much about vessels, but I am willing to l
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... f the planks had sprung offfrom the Divers bow. Rounds looked and saw the thickpiece of sheet iron that covers a portion of her bow tokeep the anchor stack from charing the wood. He explainedto Carliff, who wished to have his ignorance excused, say-ing, I never saw it there before; I am one of the kindthat, when I see anything that I dont understand, I wantto report it to somebody. I hope you will excuse me. Idont know much about vessels, but I am willing to learn,and poor Carliff rambled on in this way until Roundsmade his escape down below. We were not burning our side lights now, our oil beingnearly used up, but they were all ready to light and putup in case of a sail being sighted. Hooper ran his watchwith two men on the lookout, one on each bow, and as hewas a great hand to sleep himself, his watch on fine nightsfollowed his example, with no one but the man at the wheeldozing away his limited time, while now and then he wouldlook down the companionway at the clock to call out the. THERE CAME NEAR BEING A COLLISION. - * :»i J INTO THE PACIFIC. 99 bells as they came along—the only thing to keep himawake. One fine night, as Ryan and Carliff were on thelookout,—I dont know how it happened, for they bothclaimed to have been awake, — Mr. Stewart came ondeck and happened to see a green light on our port bow,close aboard. He notified Carliff, who rushed down intothe forecastle, got the port light, and began to climb upthe starboard rigging, with Mr. Stewart holding him on tothe rigging, while Ryan held on to Stewart. Hooperawoke and kept the vessel off to cross our night visitorsbow, which proved to be a large three-master, with star-board tacks aboard, and had the right of way, for we wererunning with the wind free. Hooper got Carliff rightedafter we were out of danger, but he insisted on puttingthe light up, because he had und
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