A sailor's life under four sovereigns . efoothold was difficult. Outside on the starboardbow lay the gun that had been hoisted outside, butas it still clung to the ship, the standing part of tackle was left in the rigging, with the fall on theforecastle. It was on the edge of this fall that I hadgot my footing. The tide had risen over the porthammock netting ; and just as I was giving the orderto cut away, the forecastle gun slipped overboard,taking the tackle with it, on the fall of which I wasstanding. It caused me to perform an unwillingsomersault in the air. Aug. 1. Dido arrived at h
A sailor's life under four sovereigns . efoothold was difficult. Outside on the starboardbow lay the gun that had been hoisted outside, butas it still clung to the ship, the standing part of tackle was left in the rigging, with the fall on theforecastle. It was on the edge of this fall that I hadgot my footing. The tide had risen over the porthammock netting ; and just as I was giving the orderto cut away, the forecastle gun slipped overboard,taking the tackle with it, on the fall of which I wasstanding. It caused me to perform an unwillingsomersault in the air. Aug. 1. Dido arrived at her old berth off Kuching, and saluted Rajah Mud a Hassim. Aug. 2. Visited neat and pretty bungalows lately built by Williamson and Steward, the latter a Norfolk man. END OF VOL. I. Printed by R. & R. Clakk, Limited, Edinburgh. University of California SOUTHERN REGIONAL LIBRARY FACILITY 305 De Neve Drive - Parking Lot 17 • Box 951388 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1388 Return this material to the library from which it was UC SOUTHED
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