Captain Sleet's Crow's Nest

On the after side, or side next the stern of the ship, is a comfortable seat with a locker underneath for umbrellas, comforters and coats. In front is a leather rack in which to keep your speaking trumpet, pipe, telescope and other nautical conveniences. When captain sleet in person, stood his masthead in this crow's nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him, also, fixed in the rack, together with a powder flask and shot. For you cannot successfully shoot at them from thedeck owing to the resistance of the water, but to shoot down upon them is a very different thing.