Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . d in dress, manner, or conversa-tion from any other citizen of his that fellow with the rolling gait, swagger-ing speech larded with sea phrases, the flash sailorcostume, tipped with a huge brass anchor breast-pin. That fellow, perhaps, has served on theraging canal as mule-driver, or as cabin-boy ona ferry-boat, has caught eels and cat-fish fromthe wharf with a hand line; but order him tomount the main truck in a gale, or put a har-poon in his hand and send him against an en-raged s])erm whale—you will then learn t
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . d in dress, manner, or conversa-tion from any other citizen of his that fellow with the rolling gait, swagger-ing speech larded with sea phrases, the flash sailorcostume, tipped with a huge brass anchor breast-pin. That fellow, perhaps, has served on theraging canal as mule-driver, or as cabin-boy ona ferry-boat, has caught eels and cat-fish fromthe wharf with a hand line; but order him tomount the main truck in a gale, or put a har-poon in his hand and send him against an en-raged s])erm whale—you will then learn the truevalue of all those airs and frippery. Would you hear the ring of true mettle?Read the following characteristic autobiographiesfrom Macys history: CAPTAIN BENJAMIN WORTHS LIFE AND ADVENTURES. I began to follow the sea in 1783, being then fifteenyears of age, and continued until 1S24. During thisperiod of forty-one years I was shipmaster tAventy-nineyears. From the time when I commenced going to seauntil I quitted the business, I was at home only Eeven. years. At the rate of four miles an hour while at sen, Ihave sailed more than 1,191,000 miles. I have visitedmore than forty islands in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,some of them many times, and traversed the west coastsof North and South America from Baldivia, lat. 40° S. to59° N. on the northwest coast, and up Christian Sound to Lymu Canal. I have assisted in obtaining 20,COO barrelsof oil. During the last war I was taken by the Englishin the ship George^ and lost all I had on board. While Icommanded a vessel not one of my crew was killed, oreven had a limb broken by a whale, nor have any diedof the scurvj. A SUMMER IN NEW ENGLAND. 759
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