Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days From Forecastle to Quarter Deck
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I had him fed, and taken care of, and used him almost daily, and on leaving gave him away in payment for his " keep. " One of our most enjoyable excursions was in company with six or eight genial fellows to the estancia of an old German, who kept a sort of tavern for travellers, or parties making him a call from the city for a good dinner, or a bottle of fine old Hock or Moselle, of which he had a large supply in his cool cellars. Leaving Buenos Ayres CAPTAIN OF THE " LITTLE LIZZIE " 159 at abo...ut two p. M. , a brisk ride, or leisurely gallop of an hour or so, brought us to his place, when dismounting and having had the dust removed, we seated ourselves at tables in a most pleasant arbor with rich clusters of grapes hanging in luscious pendants from the vines overhead, our leafy covering protecting us from the sun's hot rays. Ordering a bottle or two of cool, sparkling Moselle, we would sit chatting for an hour, enjoying our wine and fragrant cigars, while our horses rested. The sun mean- while would be getting lower, and as it neared the horizon's edge abating much of its fervor that had made it oppres- sively warm at noontide.
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