A Sack of Shakings by Frank Thomas Bullen

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Author Bullen, Frank Thomas, 1857-1915
Title A Sack of Shakings
Contents The orphan -- A porpoise myth -- Cats on board ship -- The old East Indiaman -- The floor of the sea -- Shakespeare and the sea -- The skipper of the "Amulet" -- Among the Enchanted Isles -- Sociable fish -- Alligators and mahogany -- Country life on board ship -- "The way of a ship" -- Sea etiquette -- Waves -- A battleship of to-day -- Nat's monkey -- Big game at sea -- A sea change -- Last voyage of the "Sarah Jane" -- Sea-superstitions -- Ocean winds -- The sea in the New Testament -- The polity of a battleship -- The privacy of the sea -- The voices of the sea -- The calling of Captain Ramirez -- Marathon of the seals -- Ocean currents -- The undying romance of the sea -- Sailors' pets -- The survivors -- Beneath the surface -- By way of amends -- The mystery of the "Solander" -- Our amphibious army.
Credits MWS, Susan Carr and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Seafaring life
Subject English essays
Subject Ocean
Category Text
EBook-No. 63559
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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