Notes By the Way in a Sailor's Life
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About This Book
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Chapters (22)
- Notes by the Way in A Sailor's Life
- Captain Arthur E. Knights
- Introduction.
- A Quick Passage A Record Long Passage A Voyage of Misfortune Beginning of the German Navy An Incident in Hongkong Harbour A Singular Meeting A Little Railway Experience A Good Record in Life-Saving Presentation of a Telescope by the British Government The Ship "Bombay" Is There a Fatality Attaching to Men or Inanimate Things? Chinese Politeness A Brazilian Slaver Mary Ann Gander Hard Times Memory For Voices An Incident of the Great Taiping Rebellion Conclusion
- A Quick Passage.
- A Record Long Passage.
- A Voyage of Misfortune.
- Beginning of the German Navy.
- An Incident in Hongkong Harbour.
- A Singular Meeting.
- A Little Railway Experience.
- A Good Record in Life-Saving.
- Presentation of a Telescope by the British Government.
- The Ship "Bombay."
- Is There a Fatality Attaching to Men or Inanimate Things?
- Chinese Politeness.
- A Brazilian Slaver.
- Mary Ann Gander.
- Hard Times.
- Memory For Voices.
- An Incident of the Great Taiping Rebellion.
- Conclusion.
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