CONTENTS.
PAGEA Nautical Lament1Superstitions of the Sea24Old Sea Ordnance53The Honour of the Flag63The Naval Officer’s Spirit79Women as Sailors91Fighting Smugglers104Sea Phrases115Then and Now135Costly Shipwrecks146Curiosities of Disasters at Sea157Infernal Machines168Queer Fish179Strange Craft190Mysterious Disappearances200Rich Captures219Peculiarities of Rig230How the Old Navigators Managed243Plates and Rivets254French Smacksmen273Old Sea Customs284Who is Vanderdecken?294
A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK.
A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK.
A BOOK FOR THE HAMMOCK.