The Wonderful Adventures of sixteen British Seamen; Also, A Cure for the Toothache.

A Cure for the Toothache

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

1840-1850 ? per University of Glasgow Scottish Chapbook Union Catalogue

24 pages

16 cm

103 printed at bottom of title-page

Set during the wars of independence in South America, this story describes the adventures of a company of British seamen and their Scottish captain who became privateers and occasional pirates along the Chilean and Peruvian coast. In an act of desperation, these sixteen men audaciously attack and capture the Spanish Minerva from 250 Spanish defenders, to the benefit of the government of Valparaiso and themselves. An additional short story tells the tale of the author’s toothache and the advice he receives from many individuals in how to care for it, ending with an easy recipe and cure for the malady. Two short humorous anecdotes follow, one describing the conversation between an Englishman and a Highlander and their various miscommunications, and one about a native’s “fiery nose” and the observations of young African servant.

Peru

Chile

Africa

Crime

Highlands

War

Wit and Humor

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow

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University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

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