A Book for the Hammock
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. A NAUTICAL LAMENT.4. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE SEA.5. OLD SEA ORDNANCE.6. THE HONOUR OF THE FLAG.7. THE NAVAL OFFICER’S SPIRIT.8. WOMEN AS SAILORS.9. FIGHTING SMUGGLERS.10. SEA PHRASES.11. THEN AND NOW.12. COSTLY SHIPWRECKS.13. CURIOSITIES OF DISASTERS AT SEA.14. INFERNAL MACHINES.15. QUEER FISH.16. STRANGE CRAFT.17. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES.18. RICH CAPTURES.19. PECULIARITIES OF RIG.20. HOW THE OLD NAVIGATORS MANAGED.21. PLATES AND RIVETS.[78]22. FRENCH SMACKSMEN.23. OLD SEA CUSTOMS.24. WHO IS VANDERDECKEN?