American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-24
n Sailors Receipt for tying his Pig Tail
FNoM ME LONDON MAeAzlNE.

FROM The LONDON MAGAZINE.
The following luminous prescription extracted,
many years ago. from nautical work. written by
an old shp-commander, ofthe name think) OF IIar
rison AS the book, ! dare say, is dead and for
gotten, think it worth while to resuscate this
small sample Of learning and experience, for the ben
eft OF all whom this may concern. 1t has some
tn ing in it, ss it strikes me, very characteristic OF
seaman, not less in he downright hearty earnest
Of lis tone than in its wonderful invoutons of
phrase, and ENHANCEMENT of meaning. ! can hand,
reef and steer--but this tail manual, confess, goes
beyond my art. Honest Jack conceived it necessa-
Try, remember, to warn the public, that he was
not in the habit Of using his pen much.
Instruction, not fine writing, was his object, as
witness: " My method is to oil my hair should
like to have seen this oil the same suppose, that
he creased his; with -once week. and
every day, when had time, TO comb it, with a small
tooth comb, and with scissors kept it cut short the
shape OF my forehead, and each side with the
lower part OF my ears, TO shelter them from gold
and rain, for which il was designed: nGlU then
then with both hands drew all The long hairs al the
back oil my head, together, tight TO the back of my
neck and with hair ribband two feet long, taking
three turns round The upper part OF my right thumb
erasped this tail part OF it, and with the LEFT hand
passed the ribband three times tight round it, and
with both hands, made single knot round its upper
part, and with the right hand wrapped this tail
round the four fingers Of the left hand. and held the
end part oil the hair with the thumb in the inside
and lower part Of the club--tW, with the tight
end OF the ribband over and round the club and the
lett end oti passed over and round il till both ends
Oft can be tied tight with two knots at the upper
part of the club, TO draw loose by the two ends of
the ribband, TO loose it occasionally-which from
long experience, have found holds it snug out Of
OF the way oil both eyes and hsnds, and mhicIi man
be Pasity learned from a little Practice by which,
though in the 18Th year o! my age, my hair has
lost little or nothing OF lis bHtk and color -
Doubling Cape Horn must be Joke to this,
Specimen ofa Crorn LawWr. Sir Wal
ter Raleigh was brought to trial, the "great Sir
Edward Coke, then Attorney General, addressed
him in the following strain Cooke. "Thou art
the most vile and execrable traitor that ever lived -
Raleigh. " You speak iudiscreetly barbarously, and
lunclslly." Coke. +" want words sufficient To cx
press thy yiperous on."--Raleigh. 81 think
jyon want woros, indeed tor you have ,oken one
thing hall dozen times. Coke. Thou art an
odlous fellow; thy name is hateful to al the realm
OF England Tor thy pride. Raleigh " II will 90
near to prove measuring cast between you and me
MT Atorney.'-Coke. "Well, now make il ap.
pear to the world that there lived viler viper
upon the face Of the earth than thou. Thou ari a
monster /; thou hast an English face, but Spanish
heart. Thou viper for thou thee thoa iraitor!
Have fingered you r''-Raleigh. :" a.n ia no
case to be angry
The Spanish Cortes; on the Sd August, voted
me command of body of troops for General
Charles LaiIcman2