JACK IN THE FORECASTLE
or
INCIDENTS IN THE EARLY LIFE OF HAWSER MARTINGALE
By John Sherburne Sleeper
(1794-1878)
CONTENTS
[ Chapter I. ] FAREWELL TO NEW ENGLAND
[ Chapter II. ] INCIDENTS AT SEA
[ Chapter III. ] MANNING THE WOODEN WALLS OF OLD ENGLAND
[ Chapter IV. ] LAND, HO!
[ Chapter V. ] DEMARARA
[ Chapter VI. ] SCENES IN CHARLESTON
[ Chapter VII. ] DELIBERATE ROGUERY
[ Chapter VIII. ] THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
[ Chapter IX. ] ARRIVAL AT SAVANNAH
[ Chapter X. ] "HOME! SWEET HOME!"
[ Chapter XI. ] EMBARKING FOR BRAZIL
[ Chapter XII. ] MARANHAM AND PARA
[ Chapter XIII. ] SHIP PACKET OF BOSTON
[ Chapter XIV. ] DISAPPOINTED HOPES
[ Chapter XV. ] SCENES IN A HOSPITAL
[ Chapter XVI. ] UNITED STATES CONSULS
[ Chapter XVII. ] ADRIFT IN NEW YORK
[ Chapter XVIII. ] SCHOONER MARY OF NEWBERN
[ Chapter XIX. ] A TRIP TO BALTIMORE
[ Chapter XX. ] DECLARATION OF WAR
[ Chapter XXI. ] ON BOARD THE YOUNG PILOT
[ Chapter XXII. ] CAPTURED BY A PRIVATEER
[ Chapter XXIII. ] PORTO CABELLO
[ Chapter XXIV. ] HARD TIMES IN ST. BARTHOLOMEW
[ Chapter XXV. ] TREACHERY AND INGRATITUDE
[ Chapter XXVI. ] COASTING AMONG THE ISLANDS
[ Chapter XXVII. ] CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS
[ Chapter XXVIII. ] SCENES IN GRENADA
[ Chapter XXIX. ] INSURRECTION IN GRENADA
[ Chapter XXX. ] WEST INDIA LIFE
[ Chapter XXXI. ] SORROWFUL SCENES
[ Chapter XXXII. ] NEW ORLEANS IN 1817
[ Chapter XXXIII. ] A VOYAGE TO HAVRE
[ Chapter XXXIV. ] THE GENERAL ARMSTRONG
[ Chapter XXXV. ] VOYAGE TO GOTTENBURG
[ Chapter XXXVI. ] SANITARY LAWS—MUTINY AND MURDER
[ Chapter XXXVII. ] RETURN OF THE WANDERER
[ Chapter XXXVIII. ] THE SEA, AND SAILORS