AUTHOR OF "THE PROMOTION OF THE ADMIRAL" "CAPTAIN BALAAM OF THE 'CORMORANT'" ETC. The steamship _Nemesis_, of two thousand five hundred and fifty tons register, and belonging to the port of London, had nearly finished her loading one foggy afternoon in a foggy November. She was at Tilbury, taking in a general cargo for Capetown and Australian ports, and as the last few cases were coming on board the skipper came on board too by way of the big gangway, close by which the second mate was standing.…
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