Old Sea Wings, Ways, And Words, in the Days of Oak And Hemp
Old Sea Wings, Ways, And Words, in the Days of Oak And Hemp
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Most ships, some years back, had a small kitchen-garden planted in boxes of earth in the jolly-boat, which boat was further crammed to her gunwales with greengroceries of every sort ; and, weather permitting, this little garden was a source of great pleasure to a solitary skipper on a long voyage.
• We have here two generations of ship-bred poultry.
184 OLD SEA WIXGS, WAYS, AND WORDS, CHAPTER XIV.
OLD GROUND- TACKLE.
From hemp and sails to chain and steam — A lost art — Keeping a clear hawse — ...Size and weight of old hemp cables — The old wooden- stocked anchor — Some advantages of it — A ship's " manger," and what she disposed of in it — A foal anchor — Two round tarns in the hawse — Consequent troubles — *' The bitter end " — Anchoring nnder sail and steam — Big and little ships as roadsters — Dragging, etc. — Proceedings on boai*d Lord Anson's ship, Cen- iurton, anchored ofE the island of Tinian — Wind against tide — Pooped by her long-boat — Drives to sea with three cables hanging in her hawse, etc.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Most ships, some years back, had a small kitchen-garden planted in boxes of earth in the jolly-boat, which boat was further crammed to her gunwales with greengroceries of every sort ; and, weather permitting, this little garden was a source of great pleasure to a solitary skipper on a long voyage.
• We have here two generations of ship-bred poultry.
184 OLD SEA WIXGS, WAYS, AND WORDS, CHAPTER XIV.
OLD GROUND- TACKLE.
From hemp and sails to chain and steam — A lost art — Keeping a clear hawse — ...Size and weight of old hemp cables — The old wooden- stocked anchor — Some advantages of it — A ship's " manger," and what she disposed of in it — A foal anchor — Two round tarns in the hawse — Consequent troubles — *' The bitter end " — Anchoring nnder sail and steam — Big and little ships as roadsters — Dragging, etc. — Proceedings on boai*d Lord Anson's ship, Cen- iurton, anchored ofE the island of Tinian — Wind against tide — Pooped by her long-boat — Drives to sea with three cables hanging in her hawse, etc.
What to read after Old Sea Wings, Ways, And Words, in the Days of Oak And Hemp?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert Charles Leslie to read onlineMoreLess
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