 over the side, I shook the doctor long and heartily by the hand. I have
never seen or heard of him since.
    Crowding all sail, we braced the yards square; and, the breeze freshening,
bowled straight away from the land. Once more the sailor's cradle rocked under
me, and I found myself rolling in my gait.
    By noon, the island had gone down in the horizon; and all before us was the
wide Pacific.
 
                                    The End
 

                                     Notes

1 This spirituous liquor derives its name from a considerable town in Peru,
where it is manufactured in large quantities. It is well known along the whole
western coast of South America, whence some of it has been exported to
Australia. It is very cheap.
 
2 The colouring matter is inserted by means of a shark's tooth attached to the
end of a abort stick, which is struck upon the other end with a small mallet of
wood.
 
3 He was so called from the place of his birth, being a runaway Maryland slave.
 
4 The men were shipped by the lay; in other words, they received no wages; but,
by the articles, were entitled to a certain portion of the profits of the
voyage.
 
5 The above is the popular idea on the subject. But of late a theory directly
the reverse has been started. Instead of regarding the phenomena last described
as indicating anything like an active, creative power now in operation, it is
maintained that, together with the entire group, they are merely the remains of
a continent, long ago worn away, and broken up by the action of the sea.
 
6 So called from the place he hailed from; a well-known sea-port on the coast of
Massachusetts.
 
7 This is a term much in vogue among sailors in the Pacific. It is applied to
certain roving characters, who, without attaching themselves permanently to any
vessel, ship now and then for a short cruise in a whaler; but upon the condition
only of being honourably discharged the very next time the anchor takes hold of
the bottom; no matter where. They are, mostly, a reckless, rollicking set,
wedded to the Pacific, and never dreaming of ever doubling Cape Horn again on a
homeward-bound passage. Hence their reputation is a bad one.
 
8 Some of the most promising convicts in New South Wales are hired out to the
citizens as servants; thus being, in some degree, permitted to go at large;
government, however, still claiming them as wards. They are provided with
tickets, which they are obliged to show to
