“SO UNNECESSARY!”
In 1851 (he began—and who it was that began will quickly appear) I was in…
SMACK APPRENTICES.
“I don’t know what country he hailed from, I’m sure; but, thank the Lord, he…
SKIPPERS’ WIVES AT SEA.
Should owners allow captains to take their wives to sea with them? Opinions vary among…
SEA SONGS.
Considering that Great Britain is an island, that immense numbers of the inhabitants live in…
SEA-SICKNESS.
Many will remember the terrible description of Mr. Aaron Bang’s pangs of sea-sickness in “Tom…
POOR JACK.
I climbed the steep hill that runs from the Belvedere railway-station, pausing now and again…
ON THE GOODWINS.
On a fine, calm day from the height of the cliffs betwixt Ramsgate and Broadstairs…
OFF THE HORN.
The passage of the Horn has long ceased to be a thing to boast about.…
LOSS OF A SMACK’S CREW.
I fell once into conversation with a smack-boy—a Yorkshire lad—who told me a story which…
IN AN OPEN BOAT.
Loneliness has many forms. It is Selkirk, imprisoned in an island, with nothing but the…