The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-05-05

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ADVENTURES oH%"1AxD AND SEA,
In which the author teplcts in graphic style. tie
Sta,th E Scenes md l;omantie Adventures OF
Life as Suiltr before the Mas. The narrative
Of the Ocean W nnderer -" 10 bold but truthful
Picture Of the most Exc ting Incidents In every
quarter Of tie Globe, In which are portrayed the
chivalry, daring, freaks, ioles and supcrstltions
OF the sailor; together with The ,yranuics md
brI'Sllt:,s TO wE.eh lie Is too often subjected by
the officers who command our vesscs Some OF
these scenes develope alelncmcnt Of cruelty and
systematic torture thit cannot al to send IL
chill Of Horror through ever civilized comruni-
~ ] hi' i Tho uHrA SIDE Of he picture. a
LIE OH The Ocean" has lis unshne wei "a lis
storms its plea uIes rs well us It's pair Sand tic
Gu licr n most Lnppily and lorcibly pr sen,ed
the var!, lis lh. G. OF lilo OIL tie great deep, IN
the progress OF the "ccenl Narl,ieT."
The descriptions Of the manner, and customs
Of the Natives Of the : far-of Isles Of tho Sea-"
among whom the au hor passed n portion of BIZ.
fventiul Life, are full OF interest. lie eaiiies the
,oadcr Tough Ike delightful groves where the
bar ann ard coco anti erow-HiG anon takes him
lar away into the solitary lore sis Of Trt pical ut
VIII rh are only ~ be loud in tho Isles Of that
CLINE whore summer regns eternal "-passinc
in rapid III 'eessicH before his mental vision pam
orarna of The most gorgeous Pictures in the world.
amid his de ], Il Iul scenery, after II hope a
ever gazing Oh te glorious stars and stripes If
HE lalive land u rec < the friends Of his child
Eood again. tho uutlor makes Il discovery of the
most s;atlli Chan. eior which change, ! lie whole
current If his ndven,ui Gus career. " he Ocean
Wanderer Ends himself Vi home among the ma.
tives.
There is reckless daring in the life of the
Sailor which is uiaccountable. He pNr,ues his
pcrilcus calling with an la'uatioii which a-
mounts TO dolHtry. !, is ih, spirit which caIries
our commerce 10 the remote quarters OF the globe
which whitens Il c ocean with the sails OF tie
merchantmen, and Unfolds the fla Of all mari
lime nations in every port Of tie kno Yn world.
RI. ~ mo iN u tha cIp
ie, Of the Sailor leads TO explorations far into
tie icy regions Of the North where eternal VIM
ter egns or brings 10 the know ledge Of the would
the mysteries the tropics Wien perverted,
&c strange mlat n leafs lis victim TO enlis.
under lie black flag Of the Pirate, who lies In
wait on the great highway OF thu ocean Tor h de.
ienceless prey. 1Le author Of the :" Ocean Wan
derer" ;akes tho reader through every phase of
the Life Of the Saiior its romance, delights, per-
ils and temptations, on sea nd on shore.
Young man beforr Oh leave the comforts of
quiet lone OH shore fora life on the greal deep,
read the adventures { the Ocean Nundclcr!"
Fond mother! before you c0n-gn your darling
boy to the tender ci,s q The ~ n, 1T, OF the sea-
read the eXpeleice s Of the Ocean Wan orer ~
Fair maiden! before You consent 10 II seplra.
ton from your lover ior long voyage nj sea- TO
enable him 10 earn the means Of making YOU
comfortable and hsppy, read the Life o. the
ocean Nonderer." Count well the cost before
the ia,nl rub con is pas ed.
How many gal ant ships have left our ports,
n,ver 10 be heard # again--leaying those who
had friends on board 10 watch long and anxously
for tidines of the missing vessel, while she was
perhaps rent into a Thousand pieces By the huir-
cane, typhoon, or some ueacherous reef, far out
in the sea-snd her pass' ngers and crew en-
eulphed M the oceahT,eptas bile ioud hearts
were living Ia the earnest, vet vain hope that lb-
sent friends would return homo again. perhaps
their bones " re bleaching in he waters Of the
grert deep! In these terrible disasters some art
spared from sudden death 10 undergo the horrors
OF starvation and deirium on the fragments Of
| the vrock, While others are cast on some barren
| md inhoSpiab and, To end their days among
| savages, or in terrible solitude VIII re no hunaL
| foot bad ever trOd and where no human voice
ever heard! The author of the OCEAN
| Wanderer" wildly biin,s before his reader some
OF these startling adventures aud terrible real
| tiss.
Many good ship, after having been plundered
! -Eef crew and passergels bu:chered--has been
seuttlsd and seht 10 the bottom Of the ocean by
the Fiec bcttsr whose terrib motto IL " Dead
| men ia 10 tales !" In this connection the
Oceaii Nanderer" gives TIE adventures ofthe
! dauslist 81 one OF the merchant princes, whose
ships were on every sea- whicn cannot fail TO ex-
| cite the mo-t intense Interest. Well may II be
| said that "me1e Fiction palcs before the lights
| ard shsd Is o Reality, when we venture cut on
| the bosom OF the great deep
| The adventures Of the Ocean Wanderet,"
while they possess all the attract1ns ola work Of
| fiction, Icannot fail 10 be more witcly read than
| any NJ be creation Of the imagination. The au
ihor H. plr,icipa ell IN the events and scenes he
! describes / he incidcuts and adventures con-
! ,Iensch in this work would have furnished the
| MID romGucer IN material for haf dozen
nd a., bur the author ha. Chosen rather to tell us
| iusf what he saw. emitting unhnporaut events,
| aHl grouping only those iHciden's Which havehn
IL 1or'au' connect co. IA the career OF the Ocean
l/Yandcler." lfthi5 narrative nparts but half
ife interest 10 the generate ader produced by the
70 lding Of the mlnu.crp' Il vii create greater
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