The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-02-04
MISCELLANY.
Mutiny Aboard.
AN uNsouaIr ADVENTURE AT SEA.

when the old quiriermaster called my
attention to an unusually fine merchant
man that was just rounding Macquarrie
Point. She was u very handsome clipper
and as she slowly came up before the faint
breeze, her sun bleached sails shone ont
in dazzling whiteness against the dark
forests of gum tre that surround the
lovely harbur Of Port jackson. Her
long hall. though low and black, was yet
exceedingly graceful, and for vessel OF
her tonnage, she seemed to sit lightly on
the water. Having nothing better TO do
| resolved TO board her, and accordingly
ordered the gig to be manne'
As with long, steady srrnkcs we ap
preached the vessel, the slovenly WAY IA
which they were taken in sail, the gener-
al 4lackness and untlhine,s of everything
connected with her, became painfully ap-
parent Not that she was worse than the
generality OF merchant vessels, but, leav-
ing ii trigale in the magnificent order and
scamanlIke condition of the Herald, with
cut 50 much IA u rope yarn ont Of place,
the contrast was 80 very great On b Darl
all was noise, hustle and cUnfu,in The
captain, who received the cnurteou,ly at
;hc gang-way, | was surprised to find was
Young, nllcmanly looking man. In
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WAS with mucb Concern for him tba, I
noticed the yeerinp a ,ws of wind ,rov;no
every moment fainter and fin,er
As we slowly wound in NJ ont amnnust
the lovely bays of ,b;, suncrI, b,rh,r ,,,
every turn ann ,ren,lv L,nd.io,.kcJ in 4.
different lake encb of , ha,,,v .,r,,..;,c
the last, the wind oradn,lIv died ,w,v
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one shore in - oIor;ous a,nd of ,y,rm
Tcbt. whilst the h;gh cj;fr. and r;.Liy,
wooded stones of the other vo-o N J,rL
sombre shade. Bv d.prces the leng,heo.