TOUGH YARNS;
A SERIES
OF
NAVAL TALES AND SKETCHES
TO PLEASE ALL HANDS,
From the Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Head.
BY THE OLD SAILOR,
AUTHOR OF “GREENWICH HOSPITAL,” ETC.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
Vol. I.
PHILADELPHIA:
E. L. CAREY & A. HART.
BALTIMORE:
CAREY, HART & Co.
BOSTON:
WILLIAM D. TICKNOR.
1835.
E. G. Dorsey, Printer,
12 Library Street.
TO
CAPTAIN MARRYATT, R. N.
AUTHOR OF
‘The King’s Own,’ ‘Newton Foster,’ ‘Peter Simple,’
etc., etc.
THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED
BY
THE OLD SAILOR.