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home and its inmates. I suffered from 

 that dreadful sea-sickness three days, re- 

 fusing all sustenance, till, on my partial re- 

 covery, the gunner gave me a cup of strong 

 tea without either sugar or milk. I drank 

 it, but I cannot recall what effect it had 

 towards my restoration ; nevertheless so did I 

 loathe his remedy, that I have never since 

 touched, nor could I ever be persuaded 

 again to taste, that highly-prized beverage, 

 though more than half a century has elapsed 

 such is the force of early impression, com- 

 bined perhaps with prejudice. 



Had I any particular emotions either of 

 diffidence, or gratification, or pride, on my 

 first coming on deck and viewing the wide 

 expanse of waters, covered as it was by 

 innumerable vessels spreading their white 

 canvas to the wind, they were soon dissi- 

 pated by the strict order that was kept on 

 one side of the quarter-deck, and by the 

 jocose observations, some of kindness, some 

 of scorn, made by persons on the other. To 



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