CHAPTER XV.

An agreeable Surprise--Ordered to Swatow--Pirates--The weary Anchorage again--Pay-day and Auction Sales--Relief at last--Happy Highflyers--Departure from Whampoa--Hurrah for Home!--Working with a Will--Departure from Hong-Kong--Caught in a Cyclone--The Trades--Glorious Sailing--The _Roman Emperor_--Do you want the Longitude?--Snarley-yow’s Growl--Simon’s Bay--Departure from the Cape--The Long Pig or the Short Pig?--The Bill of Portland--Anchor at Spithead--Wives and Sweethearts--Joys and Sorrows--The Chaplain’s Advice--Pay-day and Liberty--Home--Getting a Discharge--Conclusion 228

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