THE PHANTOM DEATH.
On the 24th of April, 1840, having finished the business that had carried me into…
THE PERILS OF HUMANITY.
“Sir,” said a middle-aged master of a merchantman to me a few days since, laying…
THE MAJOR’S COMMISSION.
My name is Henry Adams, and in 1854 I was mate of a ship of…
THE LAZARETTE OF THE “HUNTRESS.”
I stepped into the Brunswick Hotel in the East India Docks for a glass of…
THE BAILIFF AT SEA.
Some time ago I heard that a bailiff had been carried off to sea whilst…
THE “CHILIMAN” TRAGEDY.
In the year 1863 I sailed as ship’s doctor aboard the Chiliman, in the third…
“SO UNNECESSARY!”
In 1851 (he began—and who it was that began will quickly appear) I was in…
SMACK APPRENTICES.
“I don’t know what country he hailed from, I’m sure; but, thank the Lord, he…
SKIPPERS’ WIVES AT SEA.
Should owners allow captains to take their wives to sea with them? Opinions vary among…
SEA SONGS.
Considering that Great Britain is an island, that immense numbers of the inhabitants live in…