Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her p….

I was born in the breezes, and I had studied the sea as perhaps few men have studied it, neglecting all else..

I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and some….

As for myself, the wonderful sea charmed me from the first..

To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage round the world; otherwise you may ….

But where, after all, would be the poetry of the sea were there no wild waves?.

To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried to obey when I sailed ov….

The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails..

To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go..

They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, an….

I once knew a writer who, after saying beautiful things about the sea, passed through a Pacific hurricane, and he became a changed man..

Good work in the building of my vessel stood me always in good stead..

On this day there was soon wind enough and to spare. The same might have been said of the sea. The Spray was in the midst of the turbulent Gulf Strea….

Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it..

...as the day wore on I watched the birds all flying in one direction, and said, Land lies there..

If the Spray discovered no continents on her voyage, it may be that there were no more continents to be discovered. She did not seek new worlds, or s….

Remember, Lord, my ship is small and thy sea is so wide!.

About midnight the fog shut down again denser than before. One could almost "stand on it." It continued so for a number of days, the wind increasing ….

And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavour….

My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best s….

Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the ….