CHAPTER X

IN BRITISH WATERS 360

“The Coastwise Lights of England”--Queenstown--Away for Birkenhead--News of the Boer War--A Christmas Dinner--A Harbour Stow--A Sailor’s Plans--My Last Wheel--Befogged in the Mersey--Nearly Run Down--“Leave Her, Johnnie, Leave Her”--Attempts at Docking--Don’s Last Escapade--Fate of the _Royalshire_--The Old Trail.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE “ROYALSHIRE” _Frontispiece_

FRISCO _To face page_ 22

MARKET STREET AND CALL BUILDING ” ” 26

FRISCO SWIMMING BATHS ” ” 48

FRISCO BAY ” ” 70

THE PILOT BOAT “BONITA” ” ” 78

CLINCHING THE CROSSJACK LEECHLINE 132

“ROYALSHIRE” UNDER FULL SAIL ” ” 144

THE ALBATROSS ” ” 164

AN AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER ” ” 168

CAPE HORN ” ” 232

A PASSING LIME-JUICER ” ” 284

A “DOWN-EASTER” ” ” 298

SHIFTING SAIL ” ” 326

MAP TO ILLUSTRATE AUTHOR’S VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN _At the end_

ROUND THE HORN BEFORE THE MAST