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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1831. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... bits, (which is twenty-five cents, ) he would take me to it. I did not stand for ceremony, but gave him the money--jumped into his canoe, and he paddled off. I kept a sharp look out to see if he was not going to the ship I had left; but to my great joy, he did not. He took me on board the ship Diana, of Liverpool, Capt. Willeon. She was bound for Liverpool, and wanted hands. The vessels generally lose more or less of their crews here, from sickness, while lying in port; and when they get ready to start, will have hands, even if they have to use unfair means to obtain them from other vessels. This was the case with the Diana. I soon agreed with the captain to sail for Liverpool, at twenty dollars per month. The more experienced seamen had forty dollars. As she would not be ready to sail under two or three days, all the men that coidd be procured, were to be secreted in some safe place. Accordingly, the next morning, I was sent, with eleven others, nine miles out of town, to a place called "Nine-mile Watering Place." Here I found twenty-five men belonging to two other vessels, who were to sail in company with us, and were waiting for their vessels to come out of the harbor. We lived at the house of an old Frenchman, who was paid by our respective captains for our board. We had nothing to do here but ramble about in the woods--eat oranges, and other fruit, that grew here in great abundance. At this place I saw a glass snake, the first and only one I ever saw; though I was told that they were common in that country. It was about seven feet long, but very small round. I struck it with a small bamboo I carried in my hand, and it flew like glass, into a number of pieces. One of our company, who had either seen or heard of such a reptile before, told us it would be whole...