Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
. Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative / by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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Footnotes
[note 1] This word, when used to signify a pully or purchase formed by blocks and a rop! is always by a seaman pronounced ta-kl.
[note 2] When the crew were paid off in Boston, the owners answered the order, but generously refused to deduct the amount from the pay-roll, saying that the exchange was made under compulsion. They also allowed S -- -his exchange money.
[note 3] We had also a small quantity of gold dust, which Mexicans or Indians had broug! down to us from the interior. It was not uncommon for our ships to bring a little, as i have since learned from the owners. I have heard rumours of gold discoveries, but they attracted little or no attention, and were not followed up.
[note 4] This is a common expletive among sailors, and suits any perpose.
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