British Merchant Seamen in San Francisco, 1892-1898E. Arnold, 1899 - 206 pàgines |
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Pàgina 41
... usually given in port drives men to try and borrow money . Where are they to get it ? The tailor again looms up to the front . ' I am a godsend to these poor men , ' says he to his runner . They cannot do without me . I am indispensable ...
... usually given in port drives men to try and borrow money . Where are they to get it ? The tailor again looms up to the front . ' I am a godsend to these poor men , ' says he to his runner . They cannot do without me . I am indispensable ...
Pàgina 45
... usually in the one case , and two to three in the other . If we can follow in mind the path of a ship leaving England , with her mixed crew of men , her half - dozen or so of apprentices , petty officers and officers , some twenty ...
... usually in the one case , and two to three in the other . If we can follow in mind the path of a ship leaving England , with her mixed crew of men , her half - dozen or so of apprentices , petty officers and officers , some twenty ...
Pàgina 46
... usually four to six months . It is hard for us who live on shore to realize what this means to young high - spirited men and boys , of whom there are always a very large number . They have been cooped up on the narrow limits of a ship's ...
... usually four to six months . It is hard for us who live on shore to realize what this means to young high - spirited men and boys , of whom there are always a very large number . They have been cooped up on the narrow limits of a ship's ...
Pàgina 58
... usually one or two months ' pay deducted for the ' expenses ' of new men to be got six months later to fill their places . These men were paid off in the British Consul's office , with a number of ' friends ' waiting outside the door to ...
... usually one or two months ' pay deducted for the ' expenses ' of new men to be got six months later to fill their places . These men were paid off in the British Consul's office , with a number of ' friends ' waiting outside the door to ...
Pàgina 72
... usually be seen handing a few sailors ' bags of clothing over the side of the ship , followed by the owners of the bags . Many of these men desert on the impulse and excitement of the moment , and scores of them deeply repent having ...
... usually be seen handing a few sailors ' bags of clothing over the side of the ship , followed by the owners of the bags . Many of these men desert on the impulse and excitement of the moment , and scores of them deeply repent having ...
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