Zebulon Or the Moral Claims of Seamen Stated And Enforced
The book Zebulon Or the Moral Claims of Seamen Stated And Enforced was written by author John Harris Here you can read free online of Zebulon Or the Moral Claims of Seamen Stated And Enforced book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Zebulon Or the Moral Claims of Seamen Stated And Enforced a good or bad book?
What reading level is Zebulon Or the Moral Claims of Seamen Stated And Enforced book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
How affecting, how appalling the statement, that " for every sixteen sailors who die of all diseases, eleven die by drowning, or in wrecks. "* It appears by a report of a Committee of Par- liament on the extent of loss in property and lives at sea, that between 1833 and 1835 inclu- sive, there were 1573 vessels stranded or wreck- ed, and during the same period, there were 129 vessels missing or lost, making a total of 1702 vessels wrecked, and missing in the period of three years. The amount of... property, in those vessels was believed to be . 8, 510, 000 while 2682 lives were lost at the same time. On our own coast it appears by the Sailor's Magazine for January 1837, that 316 vessels and 826 lives were lost in 1836. Now, estimate the value of each vessel and cargo at 20, 000 dol- lars, we have the amount of 6, 320, 000 dollars lost the last year by shipwrecks. Well, indeed, might an ancient philosopher inquire, when distributing the human race into the two classes of the living and the dead, "who * Such is the result of a careful calculation over a space often years, by Mr.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: