Excerpt from Driven to Bay, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Captain to the Jemmy Ducks, from the noble lord who is travelling in the state room for his pleasure to the humble emigrant whose whole property consists of the bundle he carries about with him, all who are unwary enough to tell any tales about themselves, or conspicuous enough to have tales told Of them, supply food for discussion over the afternoon cups Of tea, and learn with astonishment a few weeks after how much more their companions know Of their lives and actions than they do themselves. The Pandora had found the north-east trade winds by this time, and making a south westerly'course, was fast diminishing the distance between her and, the line. 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.