Another Voyage in the "Dublin" concluded—A North Sea Gale—The Lee Shore—In Distress—Good-bye to Old Harry—Captain's Yarns—Bullies—Gothenburg—Another Start—Decks Swept—Stopping the Leak—Hurrying the Crew—A Hard Life—A Freezing Gale—A False Bearing—Weatherwise—Leaving the "Dublin"—Mr. Wright's Letter—Capt. Streeter's End.
Land Again—The "Flying Dutchman"—A Cape of Good Hope Gale—Gales—Rolling Down to St. Helena—Watch and Watch—Tarring Down—Sailors' Growls—Sailors' Opinions—Discontent in the Cabin—Ills of Sea Life.
Sailors' Resources—The Tar Barrel—A Wild Ship—Boarding a Vessel—Ready for Port.
Sailors' Songs—Bully or Coax—Treatment of Sailors—Schooner "Jane"—A Mackerel Shower—Fog on the Coast—Taking a Pilot—Arrived—Paying off—Scraping Belaying Pins.
"Once more upon the waters, yet once more!
And the waves bound beneath me, as a steed
That knows his rider."
—Byron's Childe Harold.
"Who would not sell a farm and go to sea?"—Sailor Proverb.