KISSING ON BOARD SHIP.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 146, 18 June 1873, Page 4

KISSING ON BOARD SHIP.

:* •• (Melbourne 'Daily Telegraph). • ** Among your fancies," writes old Robert Herrick—- ; v - :. . .~ . . resolve^me this, What is the thing we call a kiss ? Lovers can tell, of course, and also the crew -of that fine A 1 fast-sailing ship the Commodore, recently arrived at Sydney, with fifty single' women .on; board, The 5 mate and the seamen quarrelled, over a woman, of course, and some queer tales came out in the Police Court. The mate declined to say whether or not he was in the habit of indulging in chaste salutes with the passengers, but others who have been kissed told. • The carpenter, admitted that he liked kissing, and often used to indulge in the luxury; and as for the captain, he is represented as a glutton at the pastime. As many as twenty modest damsels are said to have been in the cabin at once, participating in the innocent amusement with this embryonic Mormon. The people on shore, one sailor remarked, would not like all " the hugging " if they «came to know of it ; and Jack's fears ; have been realised, as a strict inquiry into the behaviour bf the young ladies, and into the ship's regulations is now taking place. Quite enough has transpired to render jealous mistresses . reluctant to introduce the pretty: creatures brought, by the Commodore into their homes, and* to convince people that English girls can be as fast as any Colonial productions. And unless better rules can be made, or good rules can be better enforced, all these single women ships will find high, favor with the seamen, and great disfavor with the colonial bachelors.