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The South Sea Whaler - W. H. G. Kingston

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010
主題	Fiction / General
ISBN	14505058489781450505840
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EAQZQwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A passage from the book... "A prosperous voyage, and a quick return, Captain Tredeagle," said the old pilot as he bade farewell to the commander of the Champion, which ship he had piloted down the Mersey on her voyage to the Pacific."Thank you, pilot. I suppose it will be pretty nearly three years before we are back again,-with a full cargo, I hope, and plenty of dollars to keep the pot boiling at home. It's the last voyage I intend to make; for thirty years knocking about at sea is enough for any man.""Many say that, captain; but when the time comes they generally find a reason for making one voyage more, to help them to start with a better capital. But as you have got your young ones aboard, you will have their company to cheer you."As the old pilot stepped along the deck he shook hands with two young people, a boy and a girl, who were standing near the gangway.