British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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... five miles from San Francisco , is the Bay of Mar- tinez . There the water is fairly fresh , which helps to clean the bottoms of ships , and pre- vents fresh growth and weed adhering to them -and these , if allowed to grow , knock so ...
... five miles from San Francisco , is the Bay of Mar- tinez . There the water is fairly fresh , which helps to clean the bottoms of ships , and pre- vents fresh growth and weed adhering to them -and these , if allowed to grow , knock so ...
Pàgina 34
... - chase out of the ' slop - chest , ' sometimes at very immoderate prices ) , and because they had the ' audacity ' very often to wish to go to a tailor who does not charge five shillings and 34 SEAMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
... - chase out of the ' slop - chest , ' sometimes at very immoderate prices ) , and because they had the ' audacity ' very often to wish to go to a tailor who does not charge five shillings and 34 SEAMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Pàgina 35
James Fell. to a tailor who does not charge five shillings and six shillings for a four - shilling article , they are again declared to be a class of men who are never satisfied ! When the fact was established beyond all doubt that ...
James Fell. to a tailor who does not charge five shillings and six shillings for a four - shilling article , they are again declared to be a class of men who are never satisfied ! When the fact was established beyond all doubt that ...
Pàgina 37
... five shillings and six shillings , and everything else in proportion ; and by degrees it came to pass that it was the custom to pay com- mission , and put it down in the sailor's bill for clothing supplied ; and the whole busi- ness of ...
... five shillings and six shillings , and everything else in proportion ; and by degrees it came to pass that it was the custom to pay com- mission , and put it down in the sailor's bill for clothing supplied ; and the whole busi- ness of ...
Pàgina 45
... five to forty hands all told , we can more fully realize what pocket - money means to them in San Francisco . Leaving the temperate climes of England , in three or four weeks they are in the intense heat of the equator , then on into ...
... five to forty hands all told , we can more fully realize what pocket - money means to them in San Francisco . Leaving the temperate climes of England , in three or four weeks they are in the intense heat of the equator , then on into ...
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