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His father and mother intended him for the Church he himself had aspirations for the Army, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means.
Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Green's East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green's was in those days the best service II: England; but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this. Thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up.
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His father and mother intended him for the Church he himself had aspirations for the Army, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means.
Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Green's East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green's was in those days the best service II: England; but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this. Thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up.
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.
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Excerpt from With the Border Ruffians: Memories of the Far West, 1852-1868
He whose adventurous story is told in the following pages was born in the summer of 1831, the eldest of a large family, his father being a country clergyman.
His father and mother intended him for the Church; he himself had aspirations for the Army, or the Indian Service, but neither could be managed for lack of means.
Finally he went to sea as a middy on Messrs. Greens East Indiaman the Madagascar, sailing from London in February, 1848, when he was nearly seventeen years old. Green's was in those days the best service in England; but it was too staid, too quiet, for a youth like this, thirsting for adventure, so after one voyage to India he gave it up.
After this he shipped as an ordinary seaman on a Liverpool barque, bound for Callao to load with guano at the Pixo Islands. The ship, having got her evil-smelling cargo on board, returned to Callao, where the boy (he was only eighteen) deserted to escape the brutal ill-treatment of the captain. When the barque had sailed he emerged from his hiding-place in the pampas, and for some months worked as mate on board a small coasting brig.
The gold fever in California was then at its height, and his next idea was to get to the new Eldorado if possible, where fortune awaited the fortunate and adventures were to be met with at every turn.
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