Identifier: merchantvesselsa1884nord (find matches)
Title: The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 LaPlante, Charles. egr Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931. ill Dodd, Mead & Company. pbl
Subjects: Boys Conduct of life Voyages and travels Voyages around the world Merchant ships Seafaring life Sailing Slavery
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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affection, that he had caught them when quite young in the jungle in Ceylon, whither he had gone to procure some animals, and thev had ever since been under his exclusive care,a part of his daily business in Lima being to exhibit them. He agreed with the captain, in consideration of being paid his hun-dred dollars, to remain with them a sufficient length of time to accustom them to their new owner, and this was done. This was a remarkable proof of the fact that serpents have, although in a minor degree, the feelings of affection common to animals of a higher range in creation. The reader will perhaps desire to know what we, the sailors, saw of London. As the dock-gates close at seven, itis impossible to be out at evening without remaining all night,which involved a serious expense for our limited means. Then too after working hard all day, among casks, bales, and boxes,we did not feel in the mood for sight-seeing when evening came. So that our nlv opportunities of viewing the city were
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Image: The India Docks - THE CALIFORNIA SHIP. 115 but found many sailors ready to take our places, and anxious for the chance even to work their passage, without pay, and therefore wisely concluded to hang on even to a sinking ship,as better than none at all. In the winter season sailors have hard times in London.Shipping is dull and men plenty, and very frequently large premiums are paid for chances to ship. Woe to the poor sailor who then finds himself ashore, without money or friends! The landlord turns him out to starve or beg, and he sleeps onthe street, or, worse yet, in the straw-house provided for indigent sailors, where they may be seen, on cold winter evenings,cowering under the wretched litter, trying to forget their hunger and misery in sleep. And at meal-times gaunt, wasted forms hover about the forecastle, casting wistful glances at the plenteous meal of the crew, or begging for pitys sake for a morselof bread and meat. Such scenes are but too frequent in the large ports of England, when commerce is no

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