Slapandergosheka. The last mentioned, with the incomprehensible title (repeated at the end of every line), is addressed to 'All you ladies now on land,' and may seem rather egotistical; it commences? Have you got, lady, a daughter so fine, Slapandergosheka, That is fit for a sailor that has crossed the line ? Slapandergosheka, &c. The preceding is repeated from his (?) 1868 article. But why change Sacramento from "Blow" to "Steer"? Perhaps he thought his readers would not understand "blow"? I remember once hearing a good shanty on board a Glasgow boat; something like the following was the chorus : Highland day, and off she goes, Off she goes with a flying fore-topsail; Highland day, and off she goes. It was one of the most spirited things imaginable, when well sung; and when'applied to the topsail halliards, brought the yards up in grand style. That was also stolen from ATLANTIC MONTHLY, 1858. The "Glasgow boat" is made-up B.S.?probably inspired by the word "Highland"?unless s/he wrote that old article and is now adding more detail. We now come to the hauling shanties. First, there is the hand-over-hand song, in very quick time ; then the long-pull song. When there are a number of men?perhaps twenty or thirty?pulling on a rope, the reader will perceive that, to be effective, the pull must be made unanimously: this is secured by the shanty, the pull being made at some particular word in the chorus. For instance, in the following verse, each repetition of the