Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 324
A PETTY OFFICER. A FOUR-THOUSAND-MILE RACE. $33 caught and the fish got away. In a short timethe deck had the appearance of a Newfoundlandfishing-smack—all hands cleaning, scraping, andsalting fish. What a feast we had that night!Fried in hardtack-dust and butter, we had, as itseemed to us, a dish… … CHASING THE SARATOGA. as souvenirs of the most interesting fishing wehad ever experienced. We were now twenty days out and only onethird of the way home, but hope finally dawnedwith the appearance of the northeast trades.The Saratoga was again sighted off the portbow on the 19th of October, eight…
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