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audience, he feels it incumbent upon him to keep up 

 the character by again embarking, with the prospect 

 of returning in the jjossessiou of new stories and 

 songs. 



Going up the Derwent we saw many fine farms, 

 with neat and commodious tenements upon them. 

 The river itself was studded by small craft, engaged 

 in carrying produce to the city of Hobartown. A 

 part of them possess the curious cognomen of " she 

 oakers ;" these are a distinctive class from the others, 

 and are employed in the conveyance of the she oak, 

 prepared for fuel, to market. On nearing the town, 

 we discovered the James Allen at anchor, and found, 

 beside her, twenty or thirty vessels — all sailing 

 under the English flag, except a Dutch brig, and we 

 two Yankees. At 3 o'clock P. M. we came to anchor 

 within a short distance of the town, or rather the 

 city. 



No sooner was our ground-tackle down than boats 

 were alongside containing prostitutes, who here, as 

 elsewhere, claim Jack Tar as their especial property. 

 They boarded us, extended invitations to all, when 

 they came ashore, to call upon them ; and with the 

 most unblushing assurance, indulged in libidinous 

 promises of the advantages possessed by their estab- 

 lishments over all others, and vaunting their superi- 

 ority over anything of the kind in the city. Some 

 of these frail ones delighted in most euphonious 

 names, one was Double-Jointed Polly, another, Slip- 

 pery Liz, another, Polly, the Jumper, and other 

 equally select and high-sounding appellations, which 

 they seemed proud enough of. 



Directly we were secure, the mate of the James 

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