The Men of the Merchant Service Being the Polity of the Mercantile Marine for
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But this applies generally to all seamen above the rank of A. B. It will often be found, however, that a master who is an observant man will have noted during the voyage that one of his A. B. 's has shown a special aptitude for sailmaking. Then, at the end of the voyage, he will inform such a man that if he cares to come next voyage as sailmaker he will employ him of course at a lower wage than he would give a regular tradesman. In this way many seamen have risen from the forecastle to be sailr...nakers. Very good men they are, too ; but I never saw or heard of one of them who had attained to the competency of cutting and fitting new sails. Not that there is any personal reason why they should not do so, but they do not get sufficient practice. They are smart hands with the "palm and needle" and the " fid, " that is all. Of course regularly trained sail- makers are very wroth at this cheating them of their privileges, as they consider it, but they are quite powerless in the matter. Sometimes, however, they have their revenge, as in the case of a ship carrying an amateur " sails" that meets with a dreadfully sudden squall and " carries N 178 THE MEN OF TEE MERCHANT SERVICE.
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