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Excerpt from From the Forecastle to the Cabin I have endeavored to give in these pages a terse and exact account of my personal experience, under and not over drawn, omitting details which would make the book too voluminous, and pointing out the more dan gerous temptations which beset a boy who has entered upon a seafaring life. I have avoided as much as pos sible the use of sea terms, that I might not befog the landsman. Sailors will not object to the omission, as they hear enough of sea talk in the way of business. Parents will find nothing herein to induce their boys to desert their firesides, but much, I trust, that will prove the truth of the saying, that Truth is stranger than fiction. 8. S. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.