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Captain B did his part very well, and the whale was 



soon riding at ease alongside the ship, a sixty -five -barrel 

 bull by estimate. Now time ran along to June 30th, when 

 we spoke the Caroline, of London, England, with whom we 

 exchanged courtesies in a way so characteristic of the two 

 peoples interested, that I shall venture to describe it. A 

 boat's crew was chosen to pull the captain on board the 

 Caroline, consisting of Hintou, the nightingale ; Posey, of 

 Vermont ; Bingham, of Kentucky ; Garviu, of Old England ; 

 and Bill, of Pennsylvania. As the fact has a bearing on the 

 events which follow, I may mention that Bill, who stood six 

 feet one inch in his stockings, was the light weight of the 

 crew; and I may further .mention that our mate, a good 

 boxer, had somewhat trained us in the use of . our " dad- 

 dlers," to meet the emergencies of shore cruises. About 

 the set of sun the old man was landed in the cabin of the 

 Caroline, to discuss " London particular," while we boys 

 went to the forecastle to discuss a jorum of grog, which, 

 English fashion, was set before us. Good-fellowship pre- 

 vailed. The joke and yarn in their turn amused us. Of 

 course the song must come in, and as we took pride in the 

 voice and execution of the Nightingale, " Blue-eyed Mary," 

 " Cease, Eude Boreas," etc., etc., wiled the fleeting hours. 

 In an unfortunate moment, however, the Dibdin of the Car- 

 oline gave us the naval ditty, "When the Galliant Jarvis 

 sailed." Now the difficulty of our position was just this: 

 Dibdip might sing all night of the rows between Johnnies 

 Crapaud and Bull, without touching our corns ; but we had 

 no musical reminiscences of naval warfare which might not 

 breed a sudden storm in our peaceful circle. Song for 

 song had been the order of the exercises, and theme for 

 theme. Expecting a row, we gathered about Hinton, as 

 he trolled out the modest " Constitution and Guerri^re," be- 



