. 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. ailed from Yarmouth, Maine. He had beenwell educated in the seminary of his uncle, Woods, who leftthere to become president of the Pennsylvania University,at Pittsburg. He was a very well mannered young chap,and was quite a favorite among us. His superior knowledgeof books and ways on shore made him an oracle in suchmatters, and we often referred to
. 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. ailed from Yarmouth, Maine. He had beenwell educated in the seminary of his uncle, Woods, who leftthere to become president of the Pennsylvania University,at Pittsburg. He was a very well mannered young chap,and was quite a favorite among us. His superior knowledgeof books and ways on shore made him an oracle in suchmatters, and we often referred to him when there was adifference of opinion, or question of fact, and frequentlyfor facts also. He told us many amusing stories of landlife, among which was this, concerning a visiting uncle ofhis, who was asked to do an errand for his mother in Port-land, which is ten miles or so away, but in those days wasreached by water in a row or sail boat, or on land with ahorse and wagon. So a shopping errand was a service not UNCLE CHARLES 327 easily appreciated by those who can go around the cornerfor any and everything the heart can wish for. This is the log in his words as near as memory serves: My mother got my uncle Charles into an awful lot of. UNCLE CHARLES FACING FATE. trouble by giving him a commission to do a little shoppingfor her on a hot August day in 1847. We kept a yacht ofabout thirty tons anchored at the Long Point, near ourhouse, and uncle wished to take a sail in her up to the city 328 UNCLE CHARLES. that day, hence the errand. There was a long list of namesof things to be bought, among which were a pair of had been lost a day or two, and she was every fewminutes, as she went about the house, stooping over, herfoot lifted on a chair, and pulling up a stocking, which ofcourse would soon slip down into uncomfortable wrinklesagain. I sailed the yacht down for him, and passed nearDiamond Cove, which was a great resort for picnics andother pleasure parties,
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