. 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. boat, cast off and bid adieu to the Aigle,hoisted our sail, and with a fresh land breeze soon saw fading from view in the early morning. About tenin the forenoon we landed at St. Johns, the town and harborof St. Croix, West Indies, where several brigs and schoonerslay bound to different parts of the United States or theSpanish main. While
. 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. boat, cast off and bid adieu to the Aigle,hoisted our sail, and with a fresh land breeze soon saw fading from view in the early morning. About tenin the forenoon we landed at St. Johns, the town and harborof St. Croix, West Indies, where several brigs and schoonerslay bound to different parts of the United States or theSpanish main. While in the Island of St. Thomas, I was shown the 204 BLUE BEARD. castle, now in ruins, where the Blue Beard of our child-hood story-books is said to have killed so many wives, andto have met the just punishment due such an atrociousruffian. The fact that the same Mr. Blue Beard has acastle assigned to him in many other countries is no draw-back to the one in St. Thomas. After landing at St. Johns we parted company, all obtain-ing berths in different vessels. I shipped in the hermaph-rodite brig, Daniel Webster, bound to Charleston, S. C, and^.fter a fine passage, considering the time of the year, March,arrived at the destined port in six
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