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Identifier: deckportorincide02colt (find matches)
Title: Deck and port; or, Incidents of a cruise in the United States frigate Congress to California
Year: 1860 (1860s)
Authors: Colton, Walter, 1797-1851
Subjects: Congress (Frigate: 1841-1862) Voyages to the Pacific coast
Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Burr
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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er Bishop.—His sable flock 328 CHAPTER XII—Sketches of Honolulu. The king and court.—American commissioner.—Royal residence.—The salt lake.—Surf sports of the natives.—Gala day.—Thewomen on horseback.—Sailors equestrianism.—The old manand the children at play.—Address of Com. Stockton.—Capt.La Place.—His Jesuits and brandy.—Lord George Paulet 348 CHAPTER XIII.—Passage from Honolulu to Monterey. The moral pharos.—The Mormon ship.—Bible class.—The sea-hen.—Our insane sailor.—Fourth of July.—Profaneness at sea.—Evening prayer-meeting.—Funeral.—Target firing.—Reli-gious condition of the crew.—Anchor under Monterey 367 CHAPTER XIY.—Glances into California. Sailors on shore as soldiers.—The bear flag.—Capt. Fremont andarmed band.—Departure of Admiral Seymour.—San Francis-co.—Aspect of the town.—Habits of the people.—Spirit ofspeculation.—Gambling.—Effects of the gold mines.—Past andpresent condition of the country 886
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DECK AND PORT, CHAPTER I. PREPARATIONS FOR THE YOTAGE. ORDERS TO THE CONGRESS.—PASSENGERS POOP-CABIN.—PASSING U. S. SHIP PENNSYLVANIA. DIVINE SERVICE. WAITING THE WIND. RIPRAPS.— INTERNAL ARRANGEMENTS.—LIBRARY OF THE CREW. SHIP CHEERED. DEPARTURE OF THE PILOT. To sea! to sea! thy soft shore life Must wrestle on the deck,Where winds and waters meet in strife, To revel oer the wreck. While enjoying the luxury of sea-bathing at Sa-chems Head, I received an order to report for dutyon hoard the U. S. Frigate Congress, fitting for seaat Norfolk. The order came as unexpectedly asthunder out of a cloudless sky. But never havingdeclined an order of the department during the manyyears that I have been in the navy, I determined notto dishonor a good rule on this occasion, and in-formed the secretary that I should report agreeableto his instructions, but requested the indulgence ofa few days in which to make my preparations. Thereply was, that the ship was ready for sea, that the 2 14 DEC

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