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Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea

By: William Henry Giles Kingston

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Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea

By: William Henry Giles Kingston

ÒDick Burton, youÕre a daddy! PollyÕs been and got a baby for you, old boy!Ó exclaimed several voices, as the said Dick mounted the side of the old ÒBoreas,Ó on the books of which ship he was rated as a quarter-master, he having just then returned from a pleasant little cutting-out expedition, where he had obtained, besides honour and glory, a gash on the cheek, a bullet through the shoulder, and a prong from a pike in the side. ÒMe a what?Ó he inquired, bending his head forward with a look of incredulity, and mechanically hitching up his trousers. ÒMe a daddy? On course itÕs a boy? Polly wouldnÕt go for to get a girl, a poor little helpless girl, out in these outlandish parts.Ó ÒOn course, Dick, itÕs a boy, a fine big, walloping younker, too. Why bless ye, Quacko ainÕt no way to be compared to him, especially when he sings out, which he can do already, loud enough to drown the boÕsunÕs whistle, let me tell you,Ó was the reply to Dick BurtonÕs last question. That baby was me. Quacko was the monkey of the ship. I might not have been flattered at being compared to him, though it must be owned that I stood very much in the light of his rival. I soon, however, cut him out completely. My mother was one of two women on board. The other was Susan King, wife of another quarter-master. The two men enjoyed a privilege denied to their captain, for they could take their wives to sea, which he could not. To be sure, Polly and Susan made themselves more generally useful than the captainÕs wife would probably have done had she lived on board, for they washed and mended the menÕs shirts, nursed them when sick or wounded, prepared lint and bandages for the surgeons, and performed many other offices such as generally fall to the lot of female hands. They had both endeared themselves to the men, by a thousand kind and gentle acts, but my mother was decidedly the favourite. This might have been because she was young and remarkably handsome, and at the same time as good and modest as a woman could be; and so discreet that she was never known to cause a quarrel among her shipmates, or a pang of jealousy to her husband; and that, under the circumstances of the case, is saying a great deal in her favour. Fancy two women among nearly four hundred men, and not one of the latter even thinking of infringing the last commandment of the Decalogue. What an amount of good sense, good-temper, and self-command must have been exercised on the part of the former.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465596917

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On Taungurung Land

Sharing History and Culture

By: Roy Henry Patterson,Jennifer Jones

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On Taungurung Land

Sharing History and Culture

By: Roy Henry Patterson,Jennifer Jones

On Taungurung Land: Sharing History and Culture is the first monograph to examine how the Taungurung Nation of central Victoria negotiated with protectors and pastoralists to retain possession of their own country for as long as possible. Historic accounts, to date, have treated the histories of Acheron and Mohican Aboriginal stations as preliminary to the establishment of the more famous Coranderrk on Wurundjeri land. Instead of ‘rushing down the hill’ to Coranderrk, this book concentrates upon the two foundational Aboriginal stations on Taungurung Country. A collaboration between Elder Uncle Roy Patterson and Jennifer Jones, the book draws upon Taungurung oral knowledge and an unusually rich historical record. This fine-grained local history and cultural memoir shows that adaptation to white settlement and the preservation of culture were not mutually exclusive. Uncle Roy shares generational knowledge in this book in order to revitalise relationships to place and establish respect and mutual practices of care for Country.

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180

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ANU Press

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1760464074

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Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

By: William Henry Boyd

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Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

By: William Henry Boyd

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.

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3375168101

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9783375168100

The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

By: William Henry Giles Kingston

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The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

By: William Henry Giles Kingston

ÒNo sign of a breeze yet, Owen?Ó asked Captain Tracy, as he lay in his cot, slung in the state-room of the Ouzel Galley, West India trader, of which stout bark he was the commander. His fair daughter Norah sat by his side fanning his pale cheekÑfor he, like several of his crew, had been struck down by fever, and he probably owed his life to her watchful care. For many days the vessel had lain becalmed on the glassy ocean under a tropical sun, the excessive heat tending greatly to increase the sickness on board, three of the crew, besides the second mate, having already succumbed to it. Day after day the survivors had been anxiously looking out for the wind to fill the sluggish sails hanging down against the masts; but each morning they had seen the fiery sun rise out of the calm ocean and pass across the blue vault of heaven, to sink again beneath the horizon, suffusing with a ruddy glow the whole western sky. The night brought relief from the heat, and hope revived; but when morning returned, again the suffering crew had to endure the scorching rays of the sun, from which even the shade cast by the sails afforded them but inadequate shelter. The chips from the carpenterÕs bench which had been thrown overboard still lay alongside; while the creaking of the yards and blocks, and the slight splashing sound as the vessel moved from side to side by the now scarcely perceptible undulations of the broad Atlantic, alone broke the silence which, reigned over the watery expanse on which she floated. NorahÑa fair and beautiful girl, who, though scarcely sixteen summers had passed over her head, had already the appearance, and what was to her of the greatest consequence, the calm resolution of more mature ageÑstopping for a moment in her employment, looked up with an inquiring glance from her blue eyes towards the first mate, who had just then, hat in hand, entered the cabin.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465597131

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Surnames of the United Kingdom

A Concise Etymological Dictionary

By: Henry Harrison

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Surnames of the United Kingdom

A Concise Etymological Dictionary

By: Henry Harrison

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806301716

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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages

Vol. II English and Spanish

By: Henry Neuman

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Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages

Vol. II English and Spanish

By: Henry Neuman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.

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3375173814

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Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea

Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea

On Taungurung Land

On Taungurung Land

Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

Boyd's New York City Tax-Book

The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

The Missing Ship: The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley

Surnames of the United Kingdom

Surnames of the United Kingdom

Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages

Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages

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