Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ... a wig on deck I was exhibited, Laughed at by the passengers, and quizzed by the crew, y Raved and swore that on shore I'd rather have been gibbeted, Than thus half-drowned by all around be roasted, too. Danger past, and dry at last, indulging curiosity, I stared to see the vessel flee with such a strange velocity. Pray, said I, to one hard by, what power can impel us so'! The smoky devil goes by steam, at least the sailors tell us so. Oh, what a row, &c. Not a sail to catch a gale, yet magically on I went, 'Gainst wind and tide, and all beside, in wonder quite, Cast my eye to the-sky, and tall as London's monument I saw the kitchen-chimney smoke as black as ink. People toiling, roasting, boiling, bless us such a rookery, They'd soup, and fish, and fowl, and flesh, a London-Tavern cookery, ' Then the noise of men and boys, a din to rival an hubbub, I thought the crew were devils too, the master captain Belzebub. Oh, what a row, Bro. Wife to me so "lovingly says now's your time to pick a bit, The dinner's serving up below, and we must fly. Says I, my dear, I'm very queer, I'm going to be sick a bit, I'm seized with a dizziness, I faint, I die; 'I cannot eat, I loathe my meat, I feel my stomach failing me, Steward, hasten, bring a basin, what the deuce is ailing me; If 'tis handy get some brandy, the malady to quench unable, Down I lay for half a day, in pickle quite unmentionable. Oh, what a row, &c. As to dinner I'm a sinner if I touched a bit of it; But anchor cast and home at last, I'm safe onco more, -In the packet such a racket, crowding toget quit of it Like cattle on a coaster we're hailed on shore: With how d'ye do, and how are you, 1 see you're better physically, Zou...
