Note 6 — A SHORT CRUISE AT MARGATE.
Reading edition
The bumkin is the spar that projects out from the stern to haul the mizen-sheet home.—Naval Dictionary. Here, however, it is probable that a double entendre was meant.
Reading edition
The bumkin is the spar that projects out from the stern to haul the mizen-sheet home.—Naval Dictionary. Here, however, it is probable that a double entendre was meant.