. 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. e sentiment was fine, but did not quite hit my case, forI had no lassie to meet me, and had not even left a sweet-heart in Canada. In my eyes it was a glorious sight, and itwas in England, where I so much wished to be. We werestill about one hundred miles from London when we furledsails for the night, cast anchor, set the anchor watch, andcould enjo
. 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. e sentiment was fine, but did not quite hit my case, forI had no lassie to meet me, and had not even left a sweet-heart in Canada. In my eyes it was a glorious sight, and itwas in England, where I so much wished to be. We werestill about one hundred miles from London when we furledsails for the night, cast anchor, set the anchor watch, andcould enjoy the reflection so well put in these words: The dangers and the perils of the voyage were past,And our ship at anchors moored at last;The sails are all furled, and the anchor is cast,The happiest of the crew, Jack Robinson. The Jack Robinson in that case was your humbleservant, George Davis, and he enjoyed the liberty of thatanchor watch with the best of them. While the rest of thecrew went below to smoke a pipe, play at cards or spin yarns,I remained on deck gazing at the lights on shore, and won- 56 ROYAL DOCK. dering what manner of people there might be, or listeningto the various sounds which arose from the numberless ves-sels near Early next morning two powerful black tugs made fast tothe ship, one on each side, and having weighed anchor, wewere soon making way towards London with great speed. LONDON. 57 On the way up the river Thames Dick Stuart acted ascicerone, and pointed out to us the various objects of inter-est as they passed in review. The first place was Sheerness,with its naval dockyards. This port is protected by exten-sive fortifications on both banks of the river. The Isle ofThanet near was the landing place of Hengist and Horsa,the Jutes, who came across the sea from Jutland in the year440 , and established the power which afterwards be-came the English nation, with the addition of the Saxonsfifty years and the Angles a century after, and the Norman
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