Les navires et les marins du vieux Salem; le record d'une brillante ère de réalisation américaine . moi la plus en devenir solennité et attentiona marqué le visage de chaque homme. Les mêmes régulationsseront strictement suivies pendant le voyage. Les anciennes cérémonies d'accueil de Neptune à bord d'un bateau de quena franchit la ligne, n'ont pas été souffrées pour être devenues obsolètes même à l'âge du bélier, damn-you liner avec un renfort de vis de vissage. Ces festivités désagréables, avec l'âge de la voile, cependant, lorsqu'il y avait de vrais seamenau lieu de décapants de peinture, pour effectuer les rites bobists de l'initiation

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The ships and sailors of old Salem; the record of a brilliant era of American achievement . me the most becoming solemnity and attentionmarked the countenance of every man. The same regulationswill be strictly attended to during the voyage. The ancient ceremonies of welcoming Neptune aboard whena ship crosses the Line, have not been suffered to becomeobsolete even in the age of the ram-you, damn-you liner witha brace of bucking screws. These rude festivities belongwith the age of sail, however, when there were real seameninstead of paint-scrubbers, to perform the boisterous rites ofinitiation over the luckless greenhorn who was making his firstpassage to the southward of the Equator. It may be fairlyassumed that as far away as 1792, this briny custom was in theheight of its glory, and the rites as described by Captain Car-penter have a sound historic value because they, took placeaccording to the firmly established maritime code of the eigh-teenth century. His account, written on board the Hercules, reads as follows: These twenty-four hours brisk breezes and clear weather. 420. Captain Benjamin Carpenter of the Hercules, 1792 Logs from the Mysterious East Having crossed the Line, the usual ceremony of ducking beganabout 2 P. M. The ship was hailed by the Old Man of theTropics, who being desired by the officer of the deck to comeon board, entered over the bow, attended by his wife, whencethey were drawn in their Chariot by a number of sailors, asTritons, to the quarterdeck where the Captain and Gentlemenreceived them. Their appearance was truly ludicrous, havingtheir faces blackened and painted, a blanket over their shoulders, by way of royal robes, and a large swab on their heads, insteadof a crown, the long strands of which hanging down to theirwaist, served for hair. After paying their compliments to theCaptain and welcoming the ship to their domain, they observedshe was a new ship, that had never been there before, and thatthere was a number of new faces which they

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