WHALING AND FISHING. 



skipper, dancing about the quarter deck -with 

 rage. 



"Oh!" said Paddy, as though the whole idea 

 had suddenly burst upon him. And then he began 

 to roll up the royal. But as he was in ev'dent 

 ignorance of the existence of gaskets, when he got 

 the middle rolled snugly he found sufficient to do 

 to hold that, without attempting more. He cast 

 another despairing look upon deck. 



One of us was now dispatched aloft to help and 

 show him how to take in a sail. Eut Paddy, look 

 on as carefully as he would, could never be taught 

 to perform this operation. 



He did not know a single rope, and indeed, all 

 our efforts to teach him to the contrary notwith- 

 standing, was no wiser in this regard when he left 

 the barque in London, than when he came on 

 board, in Port Louis. Seeing the poor, foolish 

 fellow so much abused, I took pity on him, and in 

 the moonlight night watches used to go around 

 the ship with him, to tell him the names and uses 

 of the various ropes. 



Thus, I would say, " Now, Paddy, this is the 

 forebrace this is the foretopsail brace this the 

 foretopgallant brace and this the foreroyal 

 brace ;" making him touch each o le in succession } 

 and repeat its name over after mo. 



" This is the maintopsail clewline, and this the 

 buntline these two the maintopgallant clewline 

 and buntline. Now," touching the forebrace, 

 " what rope is this ?" 



