... good deal for Poor Jack, after Peter Simple and Jacob Faithful have been so long afloat, and ta- ken so strong a hold of public favour. The present smells as strong of the blue water as any former work of tbis author; and Jack's father's yarn as ...

... to man ? Yes, man to man. Cook-a-doodle-doo I ,Do you mean to say that you, Dr. Gordon, arc able to stand up against me, Jack Houston, rougt and tumble ? Try me, if you dare, replied the Doctor; and see whether Georgia or Missouri is the best man ...