THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM
Reading edition
The Panay, one of the last of the Salem fleet bound out from Boston to Manila twenty-five years ago
THE SHIPS AND SAILORS OF OLD SALEM THE RECORD OF A BRILLIANT ERA OF AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT BY RALPH D. PAINE Author of “The Greater America,” “The Romance of an Old-Time Shipmaster,” etc. NEW EDITION ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1912
Copyright, 1908, by THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by A. C. McCLURG & CO., CHICAGO
All Rights Reserved The Lakeside Press R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CHICAGO
“THE MERCHANTMEN”
“Beyond all outer charting We sailed where none have sailed, And saw the land-lights burning On islands none have hailed; Our hair stood up for wonder, But when the night was done, There danced the deep to windward Blue-empty ’neath the sun.” Rudyard Kipling.
“We’re outward bound this very day, Good-bye, fare you well, Good-bye, fare you well. We’re outward bound this very day, Hurrah, my boys, we’re outward bound.” (From a chantey sung while sheeting home topsails.)