The book Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 1 was written by author Lennox, William Pitt, Lord, 1799-1881 Here you can read free online of Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 1 a good or bad book?
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229 " Very well," responded my uncle ; " then set the tiller, shake a reef out of the main boom, and get back to Cowes as quick as you can." To return : I improved my nautical know- ledge in the transport voyages. I learned from the mate of the Albion to take an obser- vation, work the latitude, keep a reckoning by the tables, called by inspection, and I paid him for it. From him, too, I learnt the names of most of the ropes of a ship, watched their uses, and by the time I got back to old Eng- ...land, he thought I knew as much about the working of a ship as himself. He was a good fellow, amusing to talk to, full of nautical anecdote, and, I believe, really took a fancy to me. I am happy to say, very soon after his return, I was instrumental in obtaining for him, through a brother officer, whose father was a West Indian merchant, the command of a fine ship, in the Jamaica trade. This, reader — gentle, I hope- is another episode ; but as you go on, you will find it a 230 PHILIP COURTENAY.
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