98 A PRIZE FIGHT. 



conquered in a dozen fights in the English ring. 

 lie was allowed to vapor for a long time, but 

 one pleasant evening, he went so far as to offer to 

 light any man in the forecastle for an English sove- 

 reign. His ofier was instantly accepted, and a mere 

 boy was chosen as his antagonist. In less time than 

 is occupied in the narration, the bully was describing 

 some queer figures on the forecastle deck — tumbling 

 in and out of bunks, over chests and kegs, all the 

 time begging piteously to be let go. After a few 

 minutes of this violent exercise, he was allowed to 

 get up, thoroughly convinced that a Yankee hug was 

 at any time a puzzle for an English pugilist. The 

 following morning he went to the captain to com- 

 plain of his ill usage, but the "old skipper" had already 

 been informed of the merits and dements of the 

 case, and received the complainant with an order to 

 clear out and not bother him ; but h.e was too anxious 

 to make himself heard, and, persisting in his cock 

 and bull story until the captain was out of patience, 

 he was rewarded for his pains by an application of 

 the old man's heavy boot to his posterior, and a box 

 alongside the ear from his powerful hand, that sent 

 him forward lamenting, with more alacrity than he 

 had before displaj-ed aboard the ship. Previous to 

 this occurrence he had quarrelled with almost every 

 man in the ship, had refused to obey the mate 

 and was mastheaded for it, and evidently appeared 

 to think that, because he was an English suliject, lie 

 was not bound to conform to the rules of our vessel. 

 On the 8th of June, we took our departure from 

 this ground, intending to touch at the town of Balli, 

 on the island of Lombock, an island a few degrees 



