That never a man in all Westlooe
Possess’d such mining tact
Before or since old Joseph died;
Or bore three prouder names—
If heav’n and earth were both allied—
Than Captain Joseph James.[57]
[35] London.
[36] “Captain” is a familiar term invariably applied to the manager of a mine.
[37] Westlooe is a small town in Cornwall.
[38] Little dreaming of the sad disasters which were about to befall him. The puffing of the engine.