A Sailor Boys Log book From Portsmouth to the Peiho
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coutez les hawse — coutez la rope, capitaine ;" the effect of which upon all within hearing may be imagined. I was standing forward at the time, and heard one of the French officers say to om* boatswain — ^the ships being very close — " Vat your capitaine say ? My God ! how he talk his Frangais ! " Old Pipes, though he did not understand, could not help laughing. Nevertheless, the Inflexibles all said of their captain, " He very often barks, but never do bite. " And so, at last, we brought the ...Laplace to Woosung, where she parted from us, and sailed up the river to go into dock.
Two days after, on the 12th, we arrived at Shanghai, where I found all messmates well and hearty, and beginning to think about Christmas Day.
This holiday, hke the year before, passed off fairly ; but there was too much noise and drunkenness for me to enjoy it. In spirit I was at home, and didn't I wish I had been there bodily too.
January 1, 1859, was announced to us by the bell 124 A sailor-boy's log-book being struck sixteen times, in the usual nautical style, and the band marching round, playing God save the Queen and Auld lang Syne^ and some of the wilder characters must needs arouse their quiet shipmates and make noisy demonstrations, but by-and-by they went aft into the officers' berths, and having got a glass of grog, they turned in, and were soon quiet enough.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
coutez les hawse — coutez la rope, capitaine ;" the effect of which upon all within hearing may be imagined. I was standing forward at the time, and heard one of the French officers say to om* boatswain — ^the ships being very close — " Vat your capitaine say ? My God ! how he talk his Frangais ! " Old Pipes, though he did not understand, could not help laughing. Nevertheless, the Inflexibles all said of their captain, " He very often barks, but never do bite. " And so, at last, we brought the ...Laplace to Woosung, where she parted from us, and sailed up the river to go into dock.
Two days after, on the 12th, we arrived at Shanghai, where I found all messmates well and hearty, and beginning to think about Christmas Day.
This holiday, hke the year before, passed off fairly ; but there was too much noise and drunkenness for me to enjoy it. In spirit I was at home, and didn't I wish I had been there bodily too.
January 1, 1859, was announced to us by the bell 124 A sailor-boy's log-book being struck sixteen times, in the usual nautical style, and the band marching round, playing God save the Queen and Auld lang Syne^ and some of the wilder characters must needs arouse their quiet shipmates and make noisy demonstrations, but by-and-by they went aft into the officers' berths, and having got a glass of grog, they turned in, and were soon quiet enough.
What to read after A Sailor Boys Log book From Portsmouth to the Peiho?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Walter White to read onlineMoreLess
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