20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

Twenty years at sea: Leaves from my old log-booksIn the old days, fifty years ago, when I...
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Author: Hill, Frederic Stanhope,1829-1913
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20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

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20 years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

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Author: Hill, Frederic Stanhope,1829-1913
Format: eBook
Language: English

Twenty years at sea: Leaves from my old log-books

In the old days, fifty years ago, when I first went to sea, it was the custom in fine weather, in most ships, after supper had been leisurely discussed and pipes lighted, for both watches to gather on the forecastle deck to listen to the yarns of some old tar, or to join in one of the many ballads with a rattling chorus, in which the exploits of Dick Turpin, Claude Duval, or some other dashing knight of the road were set forth in glowing terms and endless verses. Many an evening, when a boy, I have coiled myself up on the deck, close to the windlass bitts, with my jacket rolled up under my head as a pillow, and have listened with eager interest to those tough yarns, while the good ship, with every inch of canvas, from courses to moonsails, drawing, gently rose and fell with rhythmic motion, as she ploughed her way through the long rolling swells of the broad Pacific. vi A hundred feet above our heads, the tapering point of the skysail mast swayed; in the heavens about us blazed the brilliant constellations of the southern hemisphere; beneath us the waves gently swished as the sharp forefoot clave them asunder, and the story-teller droned on with his tales of peril by storm and wreck, or, perchance, in a lighter vein, dwelt upon the charms of that lass in some far-away port who loved a sailor. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 68103
Author: Hill, Frederic Stanhope
Release Date: May 17, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Publication Date: 1893
Publisher Country: United States

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