Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 238William Blackwood, 1935 - England |
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Page 331
... watches were mustering . Silently , for the day had been warm and all were bare - footed , they shuffled into position and gazed expectantly upward . they would instantly spring at an order from the mate . The younger apprentice in my watch ...
... watches were mustering . Silently , for the day had been warm and all were bare - footed , they shuffled into position and gazed expectantly upward . they would instantly spring at an order from the mate . The younger apprentice in my watch ...
Page 693
... watch below turned in . I wrote in the log that the ship was much easier and " steered very steady all through the watch . " I did not record that one of my finger - nails had been torn off by the wet canvas , or how infernally it hurt ...
... watch below turned in . I wrote in the log that the ship was much easier and " steered very steady all through the watch . " I did not record that one of my finger - nails had been torn off by the wet canvas , or how infernally it hurt ...
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... watch on deck had to pump for ten minutes every half - hour . The last entry in my diary is to the effect that the ship lay easier for being hove - to , but the sprawly writing seems to give the lie to that statement . Lying hove - to ...
... watch on deck had to pump for ten minutes every half - hour . The last entry in my diary is to the effect that the ship lay easier for being hove - to , but the sprawly writing seems to give the lie to that statement . Lying hove - to ...
Contents
ADVENTURE IN THE FIFTIES BY ELEANOR FARJEON | 372 |
PROCESSIONAL BY O WATKINS | 483 |
A POACHING INCIDENT IN TYROL BY O WATKINS | 615 |
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