A Narrative of the Life Travels And Sufferings of Thomas W Smith
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The ship being now ready for sea and having her pi- lot on board, with a fair wind and tide, she steadily gli- ded by the banks of the serpentine Thames. We came to anchor at Gravesend, where the crew was paid their advance and on the following day with a merry song and cheerful hearts we spread every sail to the favorable breeze, which soon wafted our gallant ship into the blue waters, beyond lands-end. We pro- ceeded on our voyage until we arrived at the Isle of 124 LIFE AND TRAVELS May, wher...e we came to anchor to take in salt to use on seal skins which were to be part of our cargo. Until now, I, and many of the boys had been in total ignorance with regard to the ship's port of destination or the nature of her voyage. Some of us had still cherish- ed the idea that the ship was bound to the coast of Af- rica, and this was strengthened by listening to the fre- quent conversation which the men held about kill- ing huge elephants with lances and shooting them. But the ship having put into port for salt, led us to in- quire the particular use that \ve had for such a quantity of this article as we had taken in.
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