A SAILOR’S LIFE [Illustration: MacMillan and Co. Printer’s Mark.] [Illustration: _“There was life in the ‘small thing.’”_] A SAILOR’S LIFE UNDER FOUR SOVEREIGNS BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET THE HON. SIR HENRY KEPPEL G.C.B., D.C.L. VOL. I. London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1899 _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE 1809-1822 1 CHAPTER II The _Tweed_, 1824 26 CHAPTER III The _Tweed_ 46 CHAPTER IV The _Tweed_ 55 CHAPTER V The _Tweed_ 66 CHAPTER VI England 92 CHAPTER VII The _Galatea_ 101 CHAPTER VIII The _Magicienne_ 119 CHAPTER IX The _Magicienne_ 127 CHAPTER X The _Magicienne_ 147 CHAPTER XI The _Magicienne_ 153 CHAPTER XII England 160 CHAPTER XIII The _Childers_ Brig 165 CHAPTER XIV The _Childers_ Brig 174 CHAPTER XV The Carlist Question 184 CHAPTER XVI The Carlist War 192 CHAPTER XVII The _Childers_ Brig 198 CHAPTER XVIII The _Childers_--West Coast of Africa 202 CHAPTER XIX Cape Coast Castle 217 CHAPTER XX The _Childers_ Brig 226 CHAPTER XXI A Rendezvous of Cruisers 231 CHAPTER XXII England 246 CHAPTER XXIII Shore Time 251 CHAPTER XXIV _Dido_ Corvette 255 CHAPTER XXV _Dido_--China 269 CHAPTER XXVI _Dido_--China 277 CHAPTER XXVII _Dido_--Straits of Malacca 282 CHAPTER XXVIII _Dido_--Borneo 292 CHAPTER XXIX _Dido_--Borneo 311 CHAPTER XXX _Dido_--China 322 CHAPTER XXXI _Dido_--Calcutta 331 INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS