A "BOARDING" ANECDOTE. 



pressed vexation of our officers, however, showed itself before he 

 was well seated in his boat, by the violent language of command, 

 and the rapidity with which the yards were sharpened and the 

 ship again brought to her course. 



This occurrence brought to the mind of our "second dickey" 

 that night, a boarding affair of his own, of which he told us in 

 the drollest manner possible. I wish you could hear his drawl, 

 and see his immovably sober face, but twinkling eye, that made 

 it all seem natural and just like him, as he spun us the yarn. 



He was once, he said, round in the Pacific, in a Sag-Harbor 

 whaler, "rayther smart, we accounted her," when they tried to 

 speak an English frigate, and did not get quite near enough. 

 So, as they had nothing else to do, they "up't and chased her," 

 and kept after her without ever getting any nearer for nearly 

 three days. Finally, the wind hauled round ahead and began 

 to blow a little fresh, and they overhauled her very rapidly, so 

 that along about sunset they found themselves coming well to 

 windward of her, as they ran upon opposite tacks. They then 

 hove-to, and he was sent in a boat to board her, and she promptly 

 came-to also, and waited for him. 



Dressed in a dungaree jumper, yellow oil-skin hat, and canvass 

 trowsers, he climbed on board the frigate and was addressed by 

 the officer of the deck. 



"Now then, sir, what is it?" 

 "Are you the cap'en of this ere frigate, sir?" 

 "What's your business, sir?" 



"Why, our cap'en sent his compliments to yourn, sir, and if 

 you are a going home he wished you'd report the bark Lu- 

 creetshy Ann, of Sag-Harbor, Cap'en J. Coffin Starbuck, thirty- 

 seven days from [Wahoo] Oahu, seven hundred and fifty barrels 

 of sperm, and two hundred and fifty o' right ; guess we shall go 

 in to Tuckeywarner [Talcahuano]." 



