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Reprinted f rom W. W. Jacobs' Snug Ha rb o r (Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1903), a collection of stories about sailors ashore. His Mas ter of Craft is another classic of skippers in the coasting trade under sail at the end of the 19th century . These inimitable sketches lay before us a valuable and now largely vanished way of life. It was sur prising wo t a little differen ce George Dixo n ' s being aw a y made to th e Blue Lio n. No bod y seemed to miss ' im mu ch , a nd thin gs went on just the same as afo re he we nt. Mrs. Di xon was a ll right with m os t peo ple, a nd 'er relati o ns ' ad a very good time of it; old Bu rge began to put o n fles h a t such a ra te that the sight of a la dd er made ' im ill a' mos t, and Charlie a nd Bob we nt a bo ut as if th e place belo nged to 'em. T hey 'eard no thin g fo r eight mo nths, a nd th en a lett er come for Mrs. Dixon fro m her ' usba nd in which ~ e said that 'e had left the Seabird after 'aving had a time whi ch made 'i m shi ver to think of. He said that th e men was the ro ughest of the ro ugh a nd th e officers was wo rse, an d th a t he 'ad hard ly ' ad a day witho ut a blow from o ne o r the o th er since he' d been a board . He' d been kn oc ked do wn with a ha nd-spike by th e second ma te, a nd had 'ad a week in his bunk with a kick give n ' im by the boatswain . He said 'e was now o n th e Rochester Castle, bou nd fo r Sydn ey, a nd he 'oped fo r better ti mes . T ha t was a ll they ' ea rd for some mo nths, a nd th en they go t a no th er letter say ing th at the me n o n the Rochester Castle was, if a nyth ing, wo rse tha n those o n the Seab ird, a nd th a t he'd begun to thin k th at ru nnin g away to sea was diff' rent to wot he'd ex pected, a nd tha t he supposed 'e'd done it too late in li fe. He sent ' is love to 'is wife a nd asked 'er as a fa vo ur to send Uncle Burge a nd ' is boys away, as 'e d idn ' t wa nt to find them there when 'e came home, because they was the ca use of all his suffe rings. " He d o n' t know ' is bes t fri ends," ses o ld Burge . " ' E's go t a nasty spe rrit I do n 't lik e to see. "

SE A HI STOR Y, SUMM E R 1978