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Title: From Lower Deck to Pulpit

Author: Henry Cowling

Release Date: September 12, 2007 [eBook #22588]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

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E-text prepared by David Scott, the author's great-grandson

Transcriber's note:

Unusual spelling and punctuation has been transcribed as in the
original book.

The reader will encounter "(V12)" at various places in the text.
Its meaning is inapparent, but it appears in the original book
and was not changed.

FROM LOWER DECK TO PULPIT

by

REV. HENRY COWLING

With Portrait and Illustrations

London
S.W. Partridge & Co. 8 and 9 Paternoster Row
1902

Preface

This little book is not written on my own initiative. I have not so
much as given a hint of my 'naval days,' either from the pulpit or in
conversation. But my friends have condemned me for being so reserved
about the matter, and for a long time have, with persistent
entreaties, been urging me to tell the story of my life. That they
may now be satisfied, and that I may be left quiet, and, above all,
that it may prove a blessing to all who read it, is the sincere
desire of

THE AUTHOR

Contents

CHAPTER I.
EARLY DAYS, 9

CHAPTER II.
JOINING THE NAVY, 21

CHAPTER III.
LEAVING FOR SEA, 37

CHAPTER IV
THREE YEARS ON H.M.S. 'EMERALD' 42

CHAPTER V.
HOMEWARD BOUND, 78

CHAPTER VI.
LEAVING THE NAVY, 91

CHAPTER I

EARLY DAYS.

Kingsand, though but a village in size, has a history of its own.
Situated about five miles from Plymouth, on the Cornish coast, and
being a fishing port, the inhabitants are on intimate terms with the
sea. In the summer months one may observe many an indication of this
relationship or intimacy'. Youngsters run about the beach and the
village barefooted, most of them wearing the orthodox blue jersey,
whilst young women, and even older ones, love to sit