CHAPTER XII.

Head Winds--The Dusky Albatross--Tacking Ship--Fishing for Birds--Amusement of the Mate and Passengers--A Poet--Fair Winds--A Porpoise--A Fight in the Main Cabin--My Journal--Opinions of Mr. Johnson--Meeting in the Main Cabin--Schools of Porpoises--Narrow Escape from Shipwreck--An Act of Charity 107