VII 

 ADVENTURES OF THE EXPLORERS 



I asked a maiden by my side, 



Who sighed and looked to me forlorn, 

 "Where is your heart?" She quick replied, 

 "'Round Cape Horn." 



I said, "I'll let your father know," 

 To boys in mischief on the lawn ; 

 They all replied, "Then you must go 

 'Round Cape Horn." 



In fact, I asked a little boy 



If he could tell where he was born; 

 He answered with a mark of joy, 

 "'Round Cape Horn." 



Old "gamming" song. 



WHEN Nantucket men first went whaling 

 in deep-water ships, the world was new 

 in a way not now easily comprehended. 

 Spain had drawn a line across the South Sea from 

 Panama and Mexico to Manila. Drake, Dampier, 

 and a few other hardy souls had followed that 



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