BY WAY OF CAPE HORN _FOURTH EDITION_ [Illustration: Cape Horn bearing northwest, distant fifteen miles] BY WAY OF CAPE HORN FOUR MONTHS IN A YANKEE CLIPPER BY PAUL EVE STEVENSON AUTHOR OF “A DEEP-WATER VOYAGE” ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE AUTHOR [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1908 +Copyright, 1898+ BY +J. B. Lippincott Company+ TO MY MOTHER PREFACE As in the case of our first “Deep-Water Voyage” to Calcutta, the present one was undertaken with the sole idea of enjoyment. The pleasure which such a voyage affords the fortunate few in whom there is a real affection for the sea is quite indescribable. To such there is no monotony, for there is always something interesting and amusing going on aboard ship, if one’s eyes are open; the men themselves present an inexhaustible field for study and reflection, and it is well known that a more jovial and witty fraternity does not exist. But there is also a sombre, tragic side to a voyage in a Yankee deep-water ship, and that is the cruel and brutal treatment accorded that most popular individual just now,--the American sailor; by which is meant the men who sail before the mast under our flag. The merchant service has ever been regarded as the navy’s nursery, and a faithful account by an impartial observer will be found in these pages, showing the manner in which our seamen are treated,--the brothers, as it were, of those who won our victories at Manila and Santiago. P. E. S. +New York+, October 10, 1898. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Cape Horn bearing northwest, distant fifteen miles _Frontispiece_ PAGE The course of the “Hosea Higgins” 13 The companion-way 18 Plan of cabin 28 Forty to the minute 48 Mending sails in fine weather 53 Overhauling the “Venturer” 84 “Blow, my bully boys, blow” 104 “Eight bells” 127 A fifty-foot Cape Horn gray-beard 212 The ablest seaman in the ship 303