British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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... . The following pages will perhaps show that the old rules and customs under which large numbers of sailing - ships have been managed are responsible to a great extent for the present unsatisfactory state of things , and although THE BAY.
... . The following pages will perhaps show that the old rules and customs under which large numbers of sailing - ships have been managed are responsible to a great extent for the present unsatisfactory state of things , and although THE BAY.
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... rules and customs prevail in the merchant service , most surely will the British sailor be a disappearing quantity , and the foreigner take his place . Exceptions prove the rule , and although there are a number of ships which almost ...
... rules and customs prevail in the merchant service , most surely will the British sailor be a disappearing quantity , and the foreigner take his place . Exceptions prove the rule , and although there are a number of ships which almost ...
Pàgina 35
... rule supply the aristocracy saw their opportunity , and knowing how helpless seamen were in the matter , put their heads together , and concocted the following little scheme , which would ensure them the custom of the ships - which ...
... rule supply the aristocracy saw their opportunity , and knowing how helpless seamen were in the matter , put their heads together , and concocted the following little scheme , which would ensure them the custom of the ships - which ...
Pàgina 38
... , sailors , as a rule being allowed no pocket- money at all , can purchase nothing except at the goodwill of others . One of these tradesmen , in his consuming wish , not only that he might be of some 38 SEAMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
... , sailors , as a rule being allowed no pocket- money at all , can purchase nothing except at the goodwill of others . One of these tradesmen , in his consuming wish , not only that he might be of some 38 SEAMEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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... rule beating out round the Horn is terrible work . Not unfrequently ships are kept there several weeks vainly trying to get round the Cape against continual gales , heavy seas and in winter terrible cold , often with the sails half ...
... rule beating out round the Horn is terrible work . Not unfrequently ships are kept there several weeks vainly trying to get round the Cape against continual gales , heavy seas and in winter terrible cold , often with the sails half ...
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