The Arkansas advocate., 1836-08-19
From the Metropolitan. SNARLEYYOW;o on, THE DOG PEND.
CEMETERY.
BY CAPT. MARRYAq

CAPT. MARRYATT.
 CHAPTER x.
 In explained the sublime mystery of keeauing yow mabopcs from being downed although smahones would have dtowned him.
 It is dark morning; the wind Is fresh from the northwest; flakes of snow waiting here and there by the wind the avant-courers of heavy fall; inc whole sky is of one murky grey and the sun IS hidden behind a dense bank. The deck of the cutter is wet and slippery, and Dick Short has the morning watch II c IS wrapped m in Flushing pea a-lacket, with thick mttens on his hands; he looks about him, and now and then flake of whirls into his eye; he winks 1t out 1t melts and runs like tear down his cheek. If 1t not that 1t IS contrary to man of war custom he would warm himself with the double shuRe, but such step would be unheard of the quarter deck of even the cutter Yungfrau.
 The tarpaulin over the hatehway IS pushed on one side, and the space between the combngs is filled with the bui head and broad shoulders of Corporal Van Splitter, who at last gains the deck; he looks around him and apparently is not much pleased with the wea- finer. Before he proceeds to business, he examines the sleeves and front of his jacket and having brushed off with the palm of his hand variety of banke-hairs adhefng to the cloth, he is satisfied, and turns to the right and to the left and forward and afin less than minute he goes right round the compass. What can Corporal Van Splitter want at early hour He has not come up on deck for nothing, and yet he appears to be strangely puzzled the fact is, by the engagements oflast night 1t decded that this norn ing, if Snarleyyow did not make his appearance the boat sent on shore for fresh beef for the ships compa ny, the unfortunate Smabones to be heelbaaled.
 What delightful morning for a keelhaullng
 This ingenious process, which, however like many other good old customs has fallen into disuse must be explained to the non-naucal reader. It is nothing more nor less than sending poor navigator on voy nge of discovery under the bottom ofthe vessel, lower ing him down over the bows, and with ropes retaining him exactly in his position under the kelson, while he IS drawn aft by hauing-line until he makes his ap- pearance at the dder chans generally speaking quite out of breath, not at the rapdity of his motion, but be- cause, when long under the water he has expended all the breath in his body and IS induced at as to take in salt water aeu. There much merit in this in vention people very apt not to be content with walking the deck of man-of-war and complain of 1t hardship, but when they have learnt, by ex- perence, the difference between being comfortable above board, and the number of deprivations which they have to submit to when under board and over board at the time, they find that there worse situations than being the deck of yessel--we say privations when under board for they really very important you are deprived of the air to breathe, which is not borne with patience even by phlloso- pher, and you obliged to drink salt water instead of fresh. In the days of keehaung, the bottoms of ves- sels not coppeed, and in consequence were well studded with species of she-hsh which attached themselves, called barnacles and these shells were a open -mouhed and with sharp cutting points, those who underwent this punishment (for they made by the ropes at each sde fastened to their arms to hug the kelson of the vessel were cut and scored all over their body, if with many lances, generally com ing up bleeding every part and with their faces es- peciay their noses If they had been gnawed by the rats; but this was considered rather beneficial than otherwise as the loss of blood restored the patient he not quite drowned and the consequence was, that out of three, said have been known to recover after their submarine excursion. The Dutch have the credit and will not attemptto take from them thelr undoubted right of having invented this very agreeable description of punishment. They are considered a heavy phlegmatc sort of people, but every point in which the art of no oeniously tormenng request, Il must be admitted that they have taken the lead of much more vvacious and otherwise more inventive nations
 And now the reader will perceive why Corporal Van spittef was in dilemma With all tho goodwill IT the world, with every anxiety to fulfil his duty and te obey his superior officer, he not seaman and dis not know how to commence operations. lie knew nothing about fodderng vessels bottoin much ies now 10 fodder It with the of one of his fellow creatures. The corporal, as we said before turnet round and round the compass, ascertain If he cou, compass hIs wishes; at last, he commenced by drag ging rope's end from one side and another iron the other; those would do for the side ropes but h wanted long one rom forward and another from aft and how to get the from aft under the cutters bo1 tom was puzzle; and then there was the mast an rigging in his way:--he corporal regected-hc nor he considered the matter, the more his brain becam confused; he was at nonplus, and he gave it up il despair he stood still, took out blue cotton handker chief from the breast of his jacket and wiped his fore head for the intensity of thought had made him perspr anything like reflection very hard work for Cor poral Van Splitter
 "Tousand yfelsl. al last exclaimed the corpora and he paused and knocked his big head with his fis
 "Hundred tousand iyfels!o repealed the corpora after five minutes more thought
 Twenty hundred tousand tylels' muttered Inc eol