Excerpt from Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf But our nautical cousin turns out to be some harm less merchantman, and no terrible 290 this time whereupon, Uncle John and his lieutenant, the Buffer, proceed to light their meerschaums, and the captains of hundreds, and their brave subalterns in command of squads and detachments, and all gallant adjutants, quartermasters, commissaries, and couva lescents, take heart of grace, and descend to mess tables, whence smell of savory sea-meats ariseth aroma tically. 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.