Identifier: youthfulmanowars00macl (find matches)
Title: A youthful man-o'-warsman, from the diary of an English lad ... who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with the American frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the American Navy ..
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Maclay, Edgar Stanton, 1863-1919
Subjects: Leech, Samuel, 1798-1848 Adventure and adventurers Sailors United States -- History War of 1812 Personal narratives
Publisher: Greenlawn, N.Y., Navy Blue Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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amed Billy Garvey, hadbeen seized on shore and was compelled to enterthe ships company. He knew nothing whateverabout the sea or sailors and one of his firstinquiries on coming aboard was, where he wouldfind his bed. His messmates told him to inquireof the burly boatswain. That important officiallooked at the greenhorn a moment and, turningthe huge lump of tobacco into another corner ofhis mouth, asked: Have you got a knife? Yes, sir. Well, stick it into the softest plank in theship and take that for a bed. The poor fellow keenly felt the rudeness forhe had been brought up in comfortable circum-stances. One day he confided to Samuel: When I was at home, I could walk in myfathers garden in the morning until the maidwould come and say: William, will you come to your .ta, or yourcoffee-ta or your chocolara-ta? But oh! Thecase is altered now. Its nothing but bear ahand, lash and carry. Oh dear! At last, everything being in readiness, the order Up anchor, ahoy, was given and, for the first
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A pressgang at work, from an original painting by George Morland. Charming Lisbon. 37 time in his life, Samuel experienced that inde-scribable thrill of being in a moving ship. Clear-ing the Thames, the Macedonian put into Spithead where she was to take on board about threehundred soldiers, who were to be transported toLisbon to assist the Portuguese in their fightagainst Napoleon's army. The soldiers werestowed away very uncomfortably on the maindeck while their officers messed and bunked withthe officers of the ship. After a pleasant passage of about a week, thecoast of Portugal was sighted and, taking aboarda pilot, the Macedonian beat about the mouth ofthe Tagus (which, at the coast, is nine mileswide) for nearly a whole day, waiting for afavorable breeze; for Lisbon was situated someten miles up the river and the current was rapid.At last, favored by a fine breeze, the noble frigatepassed up between the steep, fertile b

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