He felt glad that he had elected to be a sailor, even though he began as an humble cabin boy.
I was the oldest, so I went to Belfast and got a billet on board ship as cabin boy.
Ned Rogers, a "down-east" plucky lad ships as cabin boy to earn a livelihood.
One day he beat me and I ran away and shipped as cabin boy on a sailing vessel bound for Liverpool.
There were nine men in the water, while the cabin boy stood shivering on deck.
He first went to sea as a cabin boy in 1845, but had risen to the rank of mate by 1852.
He started as a cabin boy, and worked himself up to first mate by 1859.
He first took to seafaring at the age of twelve serving as cabin boy in a coasting vessel.
