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own, I exercised the authority of 

 a master over every grade of depend- 

 ants, both in - doors and out ; indeed, I 

 occupied such a position that one day 

 my old captain, when he called, to 

 express his hearty congratulations at the 

 change of my appearance, assured me that 

 he envied me the fairness of my pros- 

 pects. 



My father and his family living almost 

 entirely in the country, a distance of 

 ten miles, I generally spent my Sundays 

 with them, accompanied by some friend 

 or other, whom I drove over, and to 

 whom my father, I knew, would gladly 

 extend his hospitality. Upon one occa- 

 sion, I remember, I felt delighted in in- 

 troducing to our family circle one of 

 my best and kindest shipmates the Lieu- 

 tenant officer of my watch* I have before 

 spoken of, and to whom, on his return 

 from India, I felt proud in offering 



* Lieutenant Samuel Greenway. 



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