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…
GRAVESEND.
I never pass Gravesend without thinking of poor Mrs. Henry Fielding’s dreadful toothache, and the…
GOING ALOFT.
Some time ago, when the Queen was at Osborne, her Majesty visited a troopship in…
FIRE AT SEA.
An impressive story of the destruction by fire of a full-rigged American ship in the…
BROKERS’ BAY.
Brokers’ Bay is situated on the West Coast of England. You may search the map…
AN HOUR’S ROW.
There is not a more painfully diverting sight in the whole world than that of…
A TRICK AT THE WHEEL.
I remember a seaman, who had served for years both in sailing and steamships, telling…
A STRANGE CHASE.
One is sorry to hear of the growth of the very un-English habit of sheering…
A SALVAGE JOB.
Among the most picturesque and lively incidents of the sea are those of the encountering…