Sailors, sir, are not, generally, men of very extensive views; and, therefore, we cannot expect that they should prefer the general good of their country before their own present interest; a motive of such power, that even in men of curious researches, refined sentiments, and generous education, we see, too often, that it surmounts every other consideration.

"You had better tell me exactly what happened?" Kit complied and Alvarez sent for the guard and asked: "How did you know the sailor was the Catalina's mate?" "He told me he was, señor.

deplore Who from infancy call'd her his bride, The Sailor she lov'd was a Fisherman's son, All dangers he triumph'd to meet; Well repaid, if a smile from his Mary he won, As he proffer'd his spoils at her feet.

The fact that they had profited by the gold her son had carried away from the cave, was the main reason for this resolution, and although, as Shirley said, it might appear that the Scotch sailor was a thief, it was true, after all, he had as much right to a part of the gold he had taken as Captain Horn could have.

The four-and-twenty sailors That stood between the decks, Were four-and-twenty white mice With chains about their necks.

He says a literary sailor is a novelty.

The sting was all the greater because of his knowledge that the two sailors who still exchanged looks but no chuckles, were witnesses of it.

The wages in the navy are, indeed, less: but then it is to be remembered, that they are certainly paid, and that the sailor is in less danger of losing, by a tempest or a wreck, the whole profits of his voyage; because, if he can preserve his life, he receives his pay.

" "That's true, deacon; your rambling, houseless sailor is commonly a great liarat least so have I always found him.

Tynesiders took a special interest in the progress of the Japanese wars, for so many of that country's battleships had their birth on the banks of the river at Elswick, and Japanese sailors became a familiar sight in Newcastle streets.

" To serve his guns Renault had the sailors of the Company's ship, Saint Contest, whose commander, M. de la Vigne Buisson, was the soul of the defence.

This sailor was the only person he had seen for many a year who could tell him anything about Aldeburgh and his family, and great was his perplexity when he was informed that his eldest brother, George, was a clergyman.

And another thing: once a sailor, always a sailor, is an old saying; but it has a new application in modern navies.

The sailor was Ruatara, a Bay of Islands chief.

"I could live a week on pickles and lettuce-leaves, to stay at sea in such weather!" "Astonishingly fine sailor is Miss Mallory," the Spaniard enthused.

In the forenoon, there was a tournament on the water, in which the French sailors were the performers.

[Illustration: French and British sailors are friends in play-time as in war-time.

A SAILOR Is a pitched piece of reason caulked and tackled, and only studied to dispute with tempests.

Land forces may be hired upon emergencies; but sailors are our own peculiar strength, and the growth of our own soil; we are, therefore, above all other regards, to attend, if I may use the term, to the preservation of the species.

The unpolished sailors were my nursery-maids and my waiting-women.

The American sailor is not a cheering animal, like his English relative, but he quite as clearly understands what ought to be received with congratulation, as those who are apt to make more noise.

But the stage sailor is not as near probability as even the stage ship or the theatrical ocean.

The sailor was an ignorant creature, but a man of good heart, who cultivated a peculiar devotion for the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God.

Besides, the sailors are finer fellows, body and soul; and the reason is that they have been brought up to face danger, and the landsmen haven't.

" Then a few days after a marine, who had fallen overboard, was smartly picked up, and being well looked after by his comrades, was soon showing no ill effects of his accident, thus giving Mr. Forster an opportunity to write of it as an example of "the result of an esprit du corps to which sailors, at present, are utter strangers."