CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



CHAPTER I. 



A Novel Commencement A London Coach-office A 

 Country one A Provincial Book-keeper Lord Bacon 

 Shakespere Lord Byron Inquisitiveness An Import- 

 ant Confession A Father A Mother A Prognostic 

 Alexander Pope The Itchen A Scene in Hampshire 

 Gibbon A Popular Divine A Tyrannical Pedagogue 

 An Instructor of Youth A Long Ride A Hasty 

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CHAPTER H. 



The Departure and Outfit A Fourth-rate Man-of- War- 

 Captain, Officers, and Crew Sea-sickness The Quarter- 

 deck The Cock-pit An Accident Lubber's Hole The 

 Schoolmaster Midshipmen Rio de Janeiro An Extra- 

 ordinary Feat A False Alarm The Captain's Table 

 A Court-martial, Sentence, and Execution Scenes in 

 the Gun-room and in the Captain's Cabin A Pleasant 

 Time The Middle Watch Fore and Afternoon Watches 

 The First Lieutenant Corporal Punishment The 

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