MY LIFE AT SEA
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Frontispiece
CAPE HORN, DISTANT ONE MILE
(From a photograph taken from the “Ruapehu”)
MY LIFE AT SEA
BEING A “YARN” LOOSELY SPUN FOR THE PURPOSE OF HOLDING TOGETHER CERTAIN REMINISCENCES OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM SAIL TO STEAM IN THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE (1863–1894)
BY COMMANDER W. CAIUS CRUTCHLEY R.D., R.N.R., F.R.G.S. A YOUNGER BROTHER OF TRINITY HOUSE, LATE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY LEAGUE
WITH A PREFACE BY EARL BRASSEY, G.C.B.
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, Ltd. 1912
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO EARL BRASSEY, G.C.B., LORD WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS; ALSO A MASTER MARINER AND CIRCUMNAVIGATOR.