You
hove your money away like a fool; but every man must learn once, just
as I did; so you'd better square the yards with her, and make the best
of it."
This was the best consolation "Sails" had to offer, but it did not
seem to be just the thing the carpenter wanted; for, during several
days, he was very much dejected, and bore with difficulty the jokes of
the sailors, and with still more difficulty their attempts at advice
and consolation, of most of which the sailmaker's was a good specimen.
Thursday, Feb. 25th. Set sail for Santa Barbara, where we arrived on
Sunday, the 28th. We just missed of seeing the California, for she had
sailed three days before, bound to Monterey, to enter her cargo and
procure her license, and thence to San Francisco, etc. Captain
Arthur left files of Boston papers for Captain T---, which, after they
had been read and talked over in the cabin, I procured from my
friend the third mate. One file was of all the Boston Transcripts
for the month of August, 1835, and the rest were about a dozen Daily
Advertisers and Couriers, of different dates. After all, there is
nothing in a strange land like a newspaper from home.
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