Cabin Boy
Name: Henry Trunks
As the cabin boy it was my job to help the cook in the galley and carry buckets of food from the galley to the forecastle where the sailors ate. I would have to run from one end of the ship to the other carrying messages and become familiar with the sails, lines and ropes and the use of each in all sort sorts of weather. I would have to scramble up the rigging into the yards whenever the sails had to be trimmed.
After a while at sea I even begin to stand watches like the other sailors or act as helmsman in good weather, holding the wheel to keep the ship steady on her course. I was only twelve but expected to do the work of men and experienced sailors. The work was hard and tough but at least I had it better then those convicts. As I was part of the crew I wasn't restrained like the convicts and given larger rations to eat. As I was part of the crew, I didn't stay in Australia and sailed back to England.
A missing convict you say sir? I see a lot of things happening on this ship, nobody pays me any mind because I'm just a wee cabin boy. I haven't seen this fugitive aboard my Ship.
Name: Henry Trunks
As the cabin boy it was my job to help the cook in the galley and carry buckets of food from the galley to the forecastle where the sailors ate. I would have to run from one end of the ship to the other carrying messages and become familiar with the sails, lines and ropes and the use of each in all sort sorts of weather. I would have to scramble up the rigging into the yards whenever the sails had to be trimmed.
After a while at sea I even begin to stand watches like the other sailors or act as helmsman in good weather, holding the wheel to keep the ship steady on her course. I was only twelve but expected to do the work of men and experienced sailors. The work was hard and tough but at least I had it better then those convicts. As I was part of the crew I wasn't restrained like the convicts and given larger rations to eat. As I was part of the crew, I didn't stay in Australia and sailed back to England.
A missing convict you say sir? I see a lot of things happening on this ship, nobody pays me any mind because I'm just a wee cabin boy. I haven't seen this fugitive aboard my Ship.