The Author embarks at New York, with his Indian Collection, and cage with two grizly bears, for England, in the fall of 1839--Packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins--Gale in the middle of the ocean--A ship dismasted and in distress--The Captain and twenty-eight men taken off and saved--The shipwrecked Captain and his faithful dog--"My man Daniel"--Sailor's nose taken off by grizly bear--Dr. Madden--Terrible gale--Sea-sickness of the grizly bears--Alarm on deck--"Bears out of their cage"--Passengers rush below and close the hatches--A _supposed_ bear enters the cabin!--Great excitement--The explanation--The gale subsides--Amusing mistake--The Author in the steerage--Two eccentric characters--Ar…
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