The book France in America 1497 1763 was written by author Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 Here you can read free online of France in America 1497 1763 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is France in America 1497 1763 a good or bad book?
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In the nature of things, the latter's carefully selected personnel was much superior to that of its competitors, who, failing in skill but not at all in courage, had at their command a much smaller nursery of com- petent seamen. For the men themselves, the British naval ser- vice was far from a primrose path. The majority of the sailors were recruited by the rude methods of impressment, which made their employment a sort of slavery. Conditions afloat were as unwholesome physically as they often... were morally. The work was of the hardest, and the standard of accomplish- ment exacting. Deaths from illness occasioned by unsanitary surroundings were far more numerous 1 Wood, Fight for Canada, 95. 1758] TURNING POINT 219 than in actual battle ; * but the loss from desertions was greater than either of the other two causes combined. Yet there were instances of common sailors serving over sixty years at their rude calling, and high patriotic sentiment was general among them ; although there was also in the service a large sprinkling of foreigners, who were the merest hire- lings.
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