Sarréo, by Louis Becke

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Title: Sarréo 1901

Author: Louis Becke

Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25107]

Language: English

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SARRÉO

From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories"

By Louis Becke

C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.

1901

"Well, there's niggers an' niggers, some just as good as any white man," said Mr. Thomas Potter as he, the second mate of the island-trading barque Reconnaisance, and Denison the supercargo, walked her short, stumpy poop one night, "though when I was before the mast I couldn't stand one of 'em bunking too close to me--not for a long time. But after awhile I found out that a Kanaka or a Maori is better than the usual run of the paint-scrubbing Jack Dog who calls himself a sailorman nowadays. Why, I've never seen a native sailor yet as was dirty in his habits--they're too fond o' the water. Look at these Rotumah chaps aboard here--if there's a calm they'll jump overboard and take a swim instead of turning in when it's their watch below. Bah,

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