Excerpt from In the Eastern Seas, or the Regions of the Bird of Paradise: A Tale for Boys "Well Thudicumb, I hope by noon we may at last get a glimpse of the sun," saidCaptain Davenport to bis firstofficer, as they walked the deck of the Bussorah Merchant, homeward bound from the East Indies, and at that time rolling on over the long heaving seas of the Atlantic. The sky was overcast, but ever and anon a gleam of light burst forth amid the clouds, playing on the foaming crest of a wave. It was blowing hard, but had evidently been blowing much harder, of which fact the condition of the India-man gave evidence. A portion of the starboard bulwarks were stove in, one of her quarter boats was shattered, and other slight damages were visible. "We must be ready for him, sir, at all events," said the first officer, looking at his watch. "It is not far off noon now." "Tell Oliver to bring me my sextant," said the captain, as the mate descended from the poop into his cabin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.