Category: Adventure
On Monday, August 8th, 1838, the large bark Ocean Ranger, of which I was second mate, was in latitude 38° 40' N., and longitude 11° W. The hour was four o'clock in the afternoon. I had come on deck to relieve the chief officer, who had had charge of the ship since twelve. It w...
I went out, closing the door behind me, and called to Butler through the skylight to send the negro boy to me. The lad arrived, and I bade him prepare a tray of refreshments for...
9. CHAPTER IX.Now, until we had closed the Spanish coast, that is to say, during the following four days, nothing happened of such moment as deserves your attention. The men kept themselves a...
4. CHAPTER IV.It fell a stark calm at ten o'clock, and then I believed that there could be nothing for it but to bring up--that is, to let go the anchor; but half an hour later the moonlight...
6. CHAPTER VI.I was prepared to find that Butler had carried my words forward. I returned to the deck after breakfast, and the man trudged to the forecastle, and not long afterward I observed...
3. CHAPTER III.Don Christoval and Don Lazarillo were seated at the table drinking coffee; the atmosphere was charged with the delicate aroma of the berry, blended with the perfume of choice Cu...
5. CHAPTER V.Don Christoval remained out of sight below. I assumed that he was attending to his wife. His friend continued asleep in an arm-chair near the table under the skylight; his head...
8. CHAPTER VIII."Ay, sir. It is right and proper, indeed, that you should carry the poor lady home; and gladly would we help ye if we durst. But after what's happened----" He violently shook hi...
1. CHAPTER I.On Monday, August 8th, 1838, the large bark Ocean Ranger, of which I was second mate, was in latitude 38° 40' N., and longitude 11° W. The hour was four o'clock in the afternoon...
2. CHAPTER II.The two foreigners, as I might suppose them to be--the two gentlemen who had talked to me and viewed me in the cabin before I went to the captain's berth--these men were pacing...