J. J. Smith

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. "We sail the ocean blue, And our saucy ship's a beauty."

CHAPTER II. "Now we must leave our fatherland, And wander far o'er ocean's foam."

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV. "Yet more! the billows and the depths have more!

CHAPTER V. "As slow our ship her foamy track Against the wind

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII. "Then Kublai Khan gave the word of command And they all poured into the Central Land."

CHAPTER VIII. "All the deep Is restless change." * * *

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X. "I looked upon those hills and plains, And seemed as

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII. "Come, friends, who plough the sea, A truce to navigation, let's take another station."

CHAPTER XIII. "And there on reef we come to grief, Which has often occurred to we ."

CHAPTER XIV. "Each earing to its cringle first they bend The

CHAPTER XV.

APPENDIX A.

APPENDIX B.

H.M.S. IRON DUKE AGROUND AT O'KOSIRI.

IN EASTERN SEAS;
OR,
THE COMMISSION OF
H.M.S. "IRON DUKE,"
Flag-ship in China, 1878-83.

BY
J. J. SMITH, N. S.

Devonport:
Printed and Published by A. H. Swiss, 111 and 112 Fore Street.
1883.