Travel, War, and Shipwreck (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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It struck me that I might add to my income by introducing my Nova Scotia snuff; SO I sent to a friend in Canada to forward me one or two hundred pounds' weight Of the root. With due care I had them pre pared according to the process I had learned, and then endeavoured to get some snuff dealers to bring the article before the public. All had but one answer Get one Of the Royal Family, some leading nobleman Of fashion, or some other distinguished person, to patro nise it, and your fortune is made.' Now, as I could obtain neither Of the former two, I at last thought, after Ihad pondered the subject over, Of the First Lord Of the Admiralty, who, as I knew by reputation, was an inveterate snuffer. But how was I to approach him on such a subject? For I hated to go near Whitehall even when in commission. At length it struck me' that my dear Old patron, formerly the Captain Of the Arethusa, who had for many years been an Admiral, would be the very person to give me a good introduction, as he must be'a favourite with the authorities, being then in command Of the Channel squadron.

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In the year 1850 there lived near the coast in the county of Northumberland an elderly naval Lieutenant. He was a fine specimen of his class at the time. He could swear a little, drink a little, smoke a little, and spin yarns innumerable. Although it was many years since he had been afloat, his old habits still prevailed in him, so that he talked of the first floor as "aloft," and the cellars as the "hold," the windows were "ports," the stair-case was the "gangway," and all people who did not follow the sea were either "land lubbers" or "land sharks;" still he never spoke in bitterness against any one, save, on rare occasions, when he had taken an extra glass of toddy. The Lords of the Admiralty would then possibly get just the least bit of his mind. This is scarcely to be wondered at, for if medals and report spoke true, this old son of Neptune had been a most gallant officer, had performed very daring feats in numerous cutting-out expeditions on the coasts of Spain and France, as well as among the West Indian Islands.

His most intimate friend was Captain Cinnamon, of the Marines.

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