By Way of Cape Horn : Four Months in a Yankee Clipper
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As I say, the captain wrought himself into wild gusts of passion, and when he found the ship off to north-northwest he had apparently exhausted all methods for easing his mind. But we reckoned without our skip- 235 BY WAY OF CAPE HORN per, being a man of much resource, and he conceived a brilliant plan. After standing motionless and speechless for a full minute he strode to the weather wheel-house door, tore it open, and crash ! slammed it to. Again, another bang, worse than the first. Once mor...e a great crashing rent the air that shook the structure, while the old man ground his teeth and worked his brush-like eyebrows as though they were on a string, as he stamped over to lee- ward, muttering to himself and shaking all over. It was a mirth-compelling scene.
A little anecdote will show him in yet another phase : we asked him, a day or two ago, who was the best helmsman in the ship, and he replied, waspishly, "There hain't no best among ' em ; they' re all d bad ; fed like kings, and this is what you get." Latitude, 57 ° 30' south ; longitude, 67° west.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As I say, the captain wrought himself into wild gusts of passion, and when he found the ship off to north-northwest he had apparently exhausted all methods for easing his mind. But we reckoned without our skip- 235 BY WAY OF CAPE HORN per, being a man of much resource, and he conceived a brilliant plan. After standing motionless and speechless for a full minute he strode to the weather wheel-house door, tore it open, and crash ! slammed it to. Again, another bang, worse than the first. Once mor...e a great crashing rent the air that shook the structure, while the old man ground his teeth and worked his brush-like eyebrows as though they were on a string, as he stamped over to lee- ward, muttering to himself and shaking all over. It was a mirth-compelling scene.
A little anecdote will show him in yet another phase : we asked him, a day or two ago, who was the best helmsman in the ship, and he replied, waspishly, "There hain't no best among ' em ; they' re all d bad ; fed like kings, and this is what you get." Latitude, 57 ° 30' south ; longitude, 67° west.
What to read after By Way of Cape Horn : Four Months in a Yankee Clipper?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Stevenson, Paul Eve, 1868-1910 to read onlineMoreLess
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