A SERIES OF

AL TALES AND SKETCHES

TO PLEASE ALL HANDS,

e Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Head.

BY THE OLD SAILOR,
Author of " Greenwich Hospital," &c.

LONDON:

Printed by Maurice & Co., Fenchurch Street.

ΤΟ

CAPTAIN MARRYATT, R. N.,

AUTHOR OF

KING'S OWN,' 'NEWTON FOSTER,' 'PETER SIMPLE,'

ETC., ETC.,

THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED

BY

THE OLD SAILOR.

PREFACE.

ONCE more I present myself before the Public in a Book; and whatever all hands may think of it, I can assure them it is no joke to keep one's brains like a winch, continually spinning yarns. However, as my "GREENWICH HOSPITAL” met with a favorable reception, (which I attribute principally to the engravings of my friend, GEORGE CRUIKSHANK,) I have been induced to try another launch-and-here I am at the service of my

readers.

THE OLD SAILOR.