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eluded, if ever he went to New York,* he'd be guilty of 

 the extravagance of purchasing its counterpart. Bed- 

 time arrived, and having discussed a night cap, I turned 

 into my bunk, while the captain went on deck to keep 

 the middle watch with the second mate a practice he 

 always followed when on the coast. The motion was 

 just sufficient to lull me to sleep, and soon my eyes 

 were closed to the outer world. Three hours at the 

 utmost must I have been asleep, when the violence 

 of the motion, the stamping on deck, and the sten- 

 torian voice of the skipper, thoroughly aroused me 

 from my slumbers. From the even keel that we had 

 been on a few hours before, we now careened so far 

 over that I found it next to impossible to brace myself 

 in my berth ; the wind fairly screeched through the 

 rigging, and the racket caused by chairs, and other 

 movables adrift, banished slumber for the time being. 

 At length I could remain no longer below, from a 

 desire to see and ascertain the nature of our position. 

 After many ineffectual attempts, and not without 

 assuming all kinds of strange attitudes, I got into my 

 nether garments and boots, and succeeded in gaining 

 the upper regions. The scene was truly terrific ; the 

 sea was wild with agitation ; billow after billow rolled 

 past, crested with foam, while the blast fairly howled 

 * Made by Andrew Clerk and Co., of Maiden Lane. 



