Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 12, 2025
Jackson lost no opportunity of annoying or insulting him; but the support of his patron indemnified Newton for the conduct of the first-mate, and he resolved to take no notice of that which could not well be prevented. On their arrival at Barbadoes, Mr Berecroft went on shore to the house of the consignee; and then it was that the malignity of Jackson broke out in all its violence.
"Not singular in his opinion," observed Newton. "Men do all work here, sar: women only talk," continued the negro. "My country, men nebber work at all women do all work, and feed men." "Then what does the man do?" inquired Berecroft. "Man, sar," replied the negro, proudly, "man go fight go kill." "Is that all?" "Yes, sar, that all."
"And so do I, Mr Berecroft, for I am an Englishman, and love my country, and the loss of these colonies would be blow from which England would never recover." "You forget her extensive colonies in the East." "I do not; but the West Indies add to her wealth and her commercial prosperity, to her nursery of seamen and her exhausted revenue.
Now, Mattee, all's right, good-bye," said the planter, leaving the room and followed by the others. "Do you really intend to call the child by that name?" inquired Mr Berecroft. "Why not? it pleases the woman, and is as good as any other; it is of no consequence. They almost all have names, certainly not quite so long as the present; but as they grow longer, their names grow shorter.
I only state the fact. Until the arrival of the ship brought home by Mr Berecroft, the allotment of Newton's wages had been regularly paid to his father; but when the owner discovered that the brig had parted company with the convoy, and had not since been heard of, the chance of capture was considered so great that the owner refused to advance any more on Newton's account.
Mr Berecroft had made every preparation for his voyage, when an unexpected circumstance occurred, which eventually proved the occasion of great hardship and danger to Newton.
"Now, gentlemen, let me recommend you to take a white jacket; you'll be more at your ease, and there is no ceremony here. Boy Jack, where's the sangoree? This is a fine climate, Captain Berecroft; all you have to attend to is to be temperate, and not to check the perspiration."
Their host did the honours of his table with true West Indian hospitality, circulating the bottle after dinner with a rapidity which would soon have produced an effect upon less prudent visitors; and when Mr Berecroft refused to take any more wine, he ordered the ingredients for arrack punch. "Now, Mr Forster, you must take a tumbler of this, and I think that you'll pronounce it excellent."
The ensuing morning she was clear of the sands, and a pilot vessel off Holyhead having received the pilot, she steered down the Irish Channel to join a convoy for the West Indies, collecting at Falmouth. Mr Berecroft, the master of the vessel, who has not hitherto been described, was a spare, light-built person, of about sixty years of age, still active, and a thorough seaman.
Mr Berecroft, in consequence of this resignation of his brother captain, was appointed to the command of the larger vessel; and Jackson, the first mate, ordered to take the command of the Eliza and Jane. This was a sad blow to Newton, and one which he could not avoid, as Mr Berecroft could not take him in his new ship, all the subordinate situations being already filled up.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking