PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND ERANCIS ,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET,
TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER,
Distant,
WHO, IN OLD SOUTH-SEA WHALING-DAYS, SAILED
ROUND AND ROUND THE WORLD,
AND TRANSMITTED A LOVE OF ROAMING TO HIS SONS,
I D E D I C A T E T H I S B O O K .
