Category: Travel Writing
The Voyage of the "Dublin"--Capt. Streeter--A Darkey Crew--No Profanity--The Mates--A Bully--A Tobacco Cargo--Owner's Instructions--A Blower--No Sitting Down--Pomposity--Brass Knuckles--Flogging--The Third Mate--Reefing Topsails--Mr. Jones--A Smart Officer--The Brick-wall Theo...
Genova _la superba_ is renowned for its palaces, but, as seen from the harbor, the buildings of the city, apart from their grand and picturesque location, do not inspire one wit...
14. CHAPTER III.My first voyage, as officer, was made in the good ship "Dublin." She was six hundred tons register, and of the style said to be built, Down East, by the mile and sawed off. Her...
19. CHAPTER VIII.ABOUT three weeks after I left the "Dublin" a letter came on from Capt. Streeter, saying that the ship was going to load a cargo of tobacco and staves at Baltimore for Amsterdam...
13. CHAPTER II.One night in the Trades, while the mate's watch were bracing the yards, I heard the sound of angry voices on deck. The next morning I asked the mate if he had any trouble with a...
17. CHAPTER VI.The East Indies is a name generally applied to the archipelago lying S.E. of Asia, containing the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes and others. It was visited by voyager...
20. CHAPTER IX.When eight days out from Cronstadt the ship was in the North Sea about forty miles S. W. of the Naze of Norway. The weather was rainy and the sky dark and threatening. The wind...
25. CHAPTER XII.The songs of the sea offer a field for research, and one who could trace the origin and use of some of them would doubtless discover interesting, romantic histories. No informat...
24. CHAPTER XI.Fertility of resources is one of the most desirable traits of character to the seaman. His limited means and appliances beget contrivance and invention, and he naturally acquire...
12. CHAPTER I.In Lloyds Register is recorded:--"_Rocket_, Bk. 384, 135, 25, 16.5, 1851, Medford, W.O., icf.," which being interpreted means, Bark _Rocket_, 384 tons, 135 feet long, 25 feet be...
21. CHAPTER X.We sighted the coast of Madagascar about Fort Dauphin, but at a distance of nearly fifty miles, so that our view of it was not very distinct. But it is always a pleasure to a sa...
16. CHAPTER V.After passing Amsterdam Island we gradually turned our course to the northward, and without any delay in the debatable ground north of the westerly wind region, we struck the so...
18. CHAPTER VII.Leaving Singapore in the early morning, we turned into the Strait of Malacca, and with perfectly serene weather and light but varying winds we slipped easily along through its s...
23. PART II.Even in the cabin there was a tendency to dissatisfaction, and the passenger expressed his weariness of our simple and restricted fare by composing a parody on the "Ode to the R...
22. PART I.I've followed the sea over thirty-two years, In the Navy, hard Packets and wild Privateers; But of all the old vessels that ever I cursed, Just shiver my timbers if this ain't t...
11. CHAPTER XII.4. CHAPTER IV.The Voyage of the "Dublin" concluded--_Genova La Superba_--Leave of Absence--On Shore in Italy--Loading Marble--Mates' Opinions about Driving Sailors Ashore--Women in Ships--Anc...
3. CHAPTER III.The Voyage of the "Dublin"--Capt. Streeter--A Darkey Crew--No Profanity--The Mates--A Bully--A Tobacco Cargo--Owner's Instructions--A Blower--No Sitting Down--Pomposity--Brass K...
8. CHAPTER IX.Another Voyage in the "Dublin" concluded--A North Sea Gale--The Lee Shore--In Distress--Good-bye to Old Harry--Captain's Yarns--Bullies--Gothenburg--Another Start--Decks Swept--...
7. CHAPTER VIII.Another Voyage in the "Dublin"--Second Mate--Mr. Howard's Grievances--Mr. Howard Leaves--Leaking--The New Mate--Second Mates' Duties--Ships' Work--Squalls--Old Harry--At the For...
9. CHAPTER X.5. CHAPTER V.2. CHAPTER II.1. CHAPTER I.6. CHAPTER VII.10. CHAPTER XI.