Windjammers and Sea Tramps
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PREFACE
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER II. PECULIAR AND UNEDUCATED
CHAPTER III. A CABIN-BOY'S START AT SEA
CHAPTER IV. THE SEAMAN'S SUPERSTITIONS
CHAPTER V. THE SEAMAN'S RELIGION
CHAPTER VI. SAFETY AND COMFORT AT SEA
CHAPTER VII. WAGES AND WIVES
CHAPTER VIII. LIFE AMONG THE PACKET RATS
CHAPTER IX. BRUTALITY AT SEA
CHAPTER X. BRAVERY
CHAPTER XI. CHANTIES
CHAPTER XII. JACK IN RATCLIFF HIGHWAY
CHAPTER XIII. THE MATTER-OF-FACT SAILOR
CHAPTER XIV. RESOURCEFULNESS AND SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER XV. MANNING THE SERVICE