“Ye speak like honest men: pray God ye prove so”
Complete in One Volume
1855
The Writer felt it necessary, on a former occasion, to state, that, insketching his marine life, he did not deem himself obliged to adhere, veryclosely, to the chronological order of nautical improvements. It is believedthat no very great violation of dates will be found in the following pages. Ifany keen-eyed critic of the ocean, however, should happen to detect a rope rovethrough the wrong leading-block, or a term spelt in such a manner as to destroyits true sound, he is admonished of the duty of ascribing the circumstances, incharity, to any thing but ignorance on the part of a brother. It must beremembered that there is an undue proportion of landsmen employed in themechanical as well as the more spiritual part of book-making; a fact which, initself, accounts for the numberless imperfections that still embarrass therespective departments of the occupation. In due time, no doubt, a remedy willbe found for this crying evil; and then the world may hope to see the severalbranches of the