On Board the "Rocket"

CHAPTER III.

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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 Theory--Reflections--Good Advice--Land, ho!--Porpoises--Mother Carey's Chickens--Captain and Mate--Land In Sight--Overheard--Gibraltar--Information--Where Christ was born--In the Mediterranean--Jake--Gulf of Lyons--Genoa Bay--Quarantine--Discharging Cargo.