The century illustrated monthly magazine . THE OCEAN FROM REAL LIFE. AM now gray with age, and look-ing back over the eventful ca-reer of my life, am impressedwith the adage, An old manfor counsel, but a young manfor action. The scene of my story lies inreal life,— my own experienceon a homeward voyage, fromthe coast of New Guinea in theWestern Pacific Ocean to NewBedford, where my ship, the bark Brewster, be-longed, and whence we had sailed now twenty-one months before. The usual incidents andvicissitudes of so long a voyage in the whal-ing business had been mine to meet. With adifficult set
The century illustrated monthly magazine . THE OCEAN FROM REAL LIFE. AM now gray with age, and look-ing back over the eventful ca-reer of my life, am impressedwith the adage, An old manfor counsel, but a young manfor action. The scene of my story lies inreal life,— my own experienceon a homeward voyage, fromthe coast of New Guinea in theWestern Pacific Ocean to NewBedford, where my ship, the bark Brewster, be-longed, and whence we had sailed now twenty-one months before. The usual incidents andvicissitudes of so long a voyage in the whal-ing business had been mine to meet. With adifficult set of officers to govern, the factor ofgood fortune in my enterprise had helped meout. Meeting whales off the north coast of NewGuinea, we had been obliged to discharge allour surplus provisions and fresh water into theocean, to make room for the sperm oil, whichwas then worth in the American markets $ gallon. I well remember the seeming waste-ful sight, as we turned the forty-six-inch casksof hand-packed biscuit, one after the othe
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