Birding Around the Year (Wiley Nature Editions)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...suns hot rays. Ordering a bottle or two of cool, sparkling Moselle, we would sit chatting for an hour, enjoying our wine and fragrant cigars, while our horses rested. The sun meanwhile would be getting lower, and as it neared the horizons edge abating much of its fervor that had made it oppressively warm at noontide. Again mounting our steeds, a brisk gallop would soon take us back to the city, to pass an entertaining eveaing at our boarding-house with music and the companionship of the ladies of our party. During my stay many pleasant acquaintances were formed, friends.."ips that lasted for years. On my going to the office one day Mr. Hale informed me that he had a prospective customer for the barque at a price nearly double what the owner would have taken for her in Boston, and said he would be on board the following day to inspect her. Since her cargo had been discharged her bends and upper works had been caulked, previous to painting. Early the next morning I went on board, followed shortly by Mr. Hale with Captain Manuel, a Portuguese, who wished to buy, to command. I showed him over the " Little Lizzie," after which he partook, with Mr. Hale, of a nice little lunch in the cabin, with a few glasses of wine. Pleased with the barque and all on board, the next day the sale was consummated, Captain Manuel taking possession and command as soon as papers were made out and signed. He altered her name to " La Chiquita Paulina " (Little Pauline), after his daughter. The officers and crew were paid off and berths for the former found on vessels homeward bound, while the crew shipped on various craft bound for the United States and elsewhere. A fortnight later I engaged passage on the barque " Swallow " of Salem, Captain Stephen Upton, bound...