Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX. A Little after six o'clock the cook called me, to say that a boat was coming directly towards us from the shore. I hurried on my clothes, and, going on deck, made out by the aid of the glass the captain, the consignee, and the stevedore and several of his men. They were eagerly scrutinizing the brig, and without doubt were wondering what misfortune had befallen us during our short absence. In a few moments the boat was alongside; and the captain, followed by the others, scrambled over the rail, shook hands with me, congratulated me on getting the brig back again so soon and safely, and wanted to know, faster than I could tell him, all about the trip, how the gale had struck us, what mishaps had occurred, and to what extent the brig had been damaged. I had never seen the captain quite so happy and goodnatured. He patted me on the shoulder, called me all the pet names imaginable, and made me feel like a hero who had done some very daring and unheardof thing, and was now receiving his reward. The damage to the brig, considering what she had been through, was very slight: the most important was the loss of the stanchions that supported the 267 deck-beams, and the opening of the seams in the deck, forward and along the water-ways, from which the oakum had worked while the vessel was violently straining and wrenching in the heavy seas. It did not take very long to repair these damages. The logs that we had been compelled to cut loose when the brig parted her moorings had drifted ashore about two miles down the beach, and had there been secured. The men were permitted to sleep till nine o'clock, when they were turned out for breakfast; and, except for attending to some few small jobs about the decks, they were allowed the...
