Excerpt from Captain Thomas A. Scott, Master Diver: One Who Was Not Afraid and Who Spoke the Truth Some years later a straight, clear eyed young fellow, with a chest of iron arms like cant hooks and thighs lashed with whip-cord and steel, shipped as common sailor aboard the schooner John Willetts, Captain Wever, Master. He was seven years older than when he commanded the pungy, but the look on his face was still the same, the look of a man who was not afraid and who spoke the truth. 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.