Some account of the old Sea Captain, his cottage and curiosities
— ^The summer arbour with the Union Jack — Schoolboys —
Heaving up the sheet anchor — Baling out water from the hold
— ^Taking in a reef of the maintop-sail — Shot in the locker —
Storm at sea — The ocean — The voyage of life — 'Going by the
board — Bearing a hand — A shipwreck

See ! yonder comes the old Sea Captain in his p.-jacket,
but he has on a 8ti;^w hat, instead of his sou'-wester.
THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN.
A p.-jacket is a short, rough, shaggy great coat, to keep
out the storm; and it is called p.-jacket, in short for
pilot jacket. A sou'-wester, or south-wester, is a cap
which almost covers the head, neck, and face. The
captain is dressed much the same as if he was on board
ship : he usually dresses like a sailor.
The old Captain, when a lad, was on board a barge in
the river ; then he went on board a collier trading to
Newcastle ; th^i eatered the merchant service : after-
wards he served ao. board a king's ship, and then came
back again to die merchant service, as captain. Many
a storm has he weathered in his time, though he has
given over a aealfering life now. His laoe iias been tanned
by the sun, smi frozen by the frost.
