. Nimrod of the sea, or The American whaleman . Whaling. THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN. 395 weeks passed before our accounts were balanced. Of some sixty-five dollars which came to me, after rigging myself and Charley Lings in blue jackets, trowsers, and pumps, and paying for our two passages to New Tork, there remained means to buy a ticket to Philadelphia, and a clean five dol- lars in my pocket. After dark, on a Saturday night, I arrived in my native city, and entered the first tavern, not to drink, but to as- certain the whereabouts of some friends. An hour there- after I entered a brother's door,
. Nimrod of the sea, or The American whaleman . Whaling. THE AMERICAN WHALEMAN. 395 weeks passed before our accounts were balanced. Of some sixty-five dollars which came to me, after rigging myself and Charley Lings in blue jackets, trowsers, and pumps, and paying for our two passages to New Tork, there remained means to buy a ticket to Philadelphia, and a clean five dol- lars in my pocket. After dark, on a Saturday night, I arrived in my native city, and entered the first tavern, not to drink, but to as- certain the whereabouts of some friends. An hour there- after I entered a brother's door, to the surprise of his beau- tiful young wife, who little dreamed, when she accepted her new life, that such an invasion was at all probable. But she met the dispensation bravely, and we all sat up late, running over the incidents of the voyage. As I passed into blissful sleep, I knew that the voyage of the Chelsea was at an end, and that there were those yet left who could love the re- turned wanderei'.. *'JSE PLTJB ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, William M. (William Morris), 1815-1891. New York : Harper & Brothers
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