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Deck and port: Or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California : with sketches of Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco

Author: Walter Colton
Publisher: Cleaves, Macdonald
Category: Book


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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Published)
Pages: 408


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1860. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... DECK AND PORT. CHAPTER I. PREPARATIONS POR THE VOYAGE ORDERS TO THE CONGRESS.--PASSENGERS' FOOP-CABIN. PASSING f. S. SHIP PENNSYLVANIA. DIVINE SERVICE. WAITING THE WIND. RIP-RAPS.-- INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS.--LIBBARY OF THE CREW. SHIP CHEERED.-- DEPARTURE OF THE PILOT. To sea! to sea! thy soft shore lifo Must wrestle on the deck. Where winds and waters meet in strife, To revel o'er the wreck. While enjoying the luxury of sea-bathing at Sachem's Head, I received an order to report for duty on board the U. S. Frigate Congress, fitting for sea at Norfolk. The order came as unexpectedly as thunder out of a cloudless sky. But never having declined an order of the department during the many years that I have been in the navy, I determined not to dishonor a good rule on this occasion, and informed the secretary that I should report agreeable to his instructions, but requested the indulgence of a few days in which to make my preparations. The reply was, that the ship was ready for sea, that the other officers were on board, and I must hasten at once to my post. My trunks were immediately packed, my books boxed, and in twenty-four hours I was on board the Congress. Home, and all that makes that home dear, exchanged at once for the* bustle of a man-of-war! It was like throwing a bird from its nest upon the whirlwind: not that I have any thing in common with a bird, unless it be a sort of involuntary cheerfulness when the storm-cloud has passed. I have never yet met with a picture all the features of which were dark. There is a star even in the night of the grave. I found the frigate nearly ready for sea. The honorable secretary, as if to hasten our departure, paid us a farewell visit. We returned the compliment in a parting salute. We were now ready to weigh anchor ...




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