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ONE OF “THE PEOPLE” HAS AN AUDIENCE WITH THE COMMODORE AND THE CAPTAIN ON THE QUARTER-DECK. We had not lain in Rio long, when in the innermost recesses of the mighty soul of my noble Captain of the T…
SOMETHING CONCERNING MIDSHIPMEN. It was the next morning after matchless Jack’s interview with the Commodore and Captain, that a little incident occurred, soon forgotten by the crew at large, but lon…
SEAFARING PERSONS PECULIARLY SUBJECT TO BEING UNDER THE WEATHER.—THE EFFECTS OF THIS UPON A MAN-OF-WAR CAPTAIN. It has been said that some midshipmen, in certain cases, are guilty of spiteful practic…
“THE PEOPLE” ARE GIVEN “LIBERTY.” Whenever, in intervals of mild benevolence, or yielding to mere politic dictates, Kings and Commodores relax the yoke of servitude, they should see to it well that t…
MIDSHIPMEN ENTERING THE NAVY EARLY. The allusion in the preceding chapter to the early age at which some of the midshipmen enter the Navy, suggests some thoughts relative to more important considerat…
A SHORE EMPEROR ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR. While we lay in Rio, we sometimes had company from shore; but an unforeseen honour awaited us. One day, the young Emperor, Don Pedro II., and suite—making a cir…
THE EMPEROR REVIEWS THE PEOPLE AT QUARTERS. I Beg their Royal Highnesses’ pardons all round, but I had almost forgotten to chronicle the fact, that with the Emperor came several other royal Princes—k…
A QUARTER-DECK OFFICER BEFORE THE MAST. As we were somewhat short-handed while we lay in Rio, we received a small draft of men from a United States sloop of war, whose three years’ term of service wo…
A MAN-OF-WAR BUTTON DIVIDES TWO BROTHERS. The conduct of Mandeville, in claiming the acquaintance of the First Lieutenant under such disreputable circumstances was strongly contrasted by the behaviou…
A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN SHOT AT. There was a seaman belonging to the fore-top—a mess-mate, though not a top-mate of mine, and no favourite of the Captain’s,—who, for certain venial transgressions, had bee…
