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could not have turned over tables of cosines and 

 logarithms more earnestly. 



There is a glorious abandon about the young sailor 

 at his studies, which must be seen to be appreciated. 

 He has his watch to keep, untold duties in his small 

 way to perform, much practical knowledge to acquire ; 

 but there sits a future Kelson cramming with mathe- 

 matics, navigation, astronomy, steam-engines, gunnery, 

 and the living languages a load, indeed, for any young 

 intellect. Yet it is cheering to see how light the burden 

 appears to the young sailor. Care ! why, there is not 

 even the faintest trace of it on one of those young 

 faces, and the instructor is the only one who looks in 

 the least anxious. We turn over the nearest work- 

 book which lies at hand nothing but illustrations of 

 the Furious under all the phases of storm and calm ! 

 The next student is evidently of a sentimental turn, 

 and his pen, instead of working out courses and dis- 

 tances, has been wandering into sketches of scenery, 

 cottages, and a plentiful sprinkling of pretty faces ; 

 and there is an audible titter when we discover that 

 the small boy of all, whose good mother is most 

 anxious he should be a saint as well as a sailor, has 

 sketched and coloured on the fly-leaf of his Euclid a 

 lady of Yedo, whose personal charms and develop- 

 ment say much for the small boy's knowledge on such 

 matters. Of course, all the miscreants are ordered 

 into the fore-cabin, and having had our laugh in 

 private, and screwed up the necessary amount of 



