he pined and died, away a yah ; There grows a weeping willow, John Francivaux, A-weeping for poor Boney, John, &c. These songs also serve the means of communicating the ideas of the men to their superiors, or of giving a strong hint respecting the provisions ; for instance, a captain of a large passenger-ship will scarcely like his lady and gentlemen passengers to hear the watch, who are taking a pull on the mainbrace, commence, with stentorian lungs, something after the following strain :? Something of this sort generally has an effect in passenger-ships, and will obtain some concession. Finally, s/he tells us how shantying was scarce in the Navy ? apparently even up to this point in time. These remarks apply only to merchant ships ; in the Navy, the shanty is prohibited, and at the capstan the men move to the sound of the fife or fiddle?the musician being seated on the capstan-head. Of course the songs sung in the foke'sull, when Jack is taking his ease, are of another description I want to correct myself when I said the 1868 article "On Shanties" was "probably by W.L. Alden." I said that because it appears to be an article that was later revised (seemingly) and published in the 11 December, 1869 deition of CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. The latter has been attributed to Alden -- by Doerflinger, with a question mark, and by Hugill, positively. Those authors had me under the impression that it was probably by Alden. However,