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As an extra member of the comple- ment I was given job as super- numerary officer of the watch , which consisted mainly in walking up and down the quarter - deck , lining up to salute officers coming on board and telling boy seamen to ...
As an extra member of the comple- ment I was given job as super- numerary officer of the watch , which consisted mainly in walking up and down the quarter - deck , lining up to salute officers coming on board and telling boy seamen to ...
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On the ship I did twelve - hour watches , which meant alternate third nights and third days on duty . ... After a night watch I would walk to Freattys beach at the eastern end of the Pasha Limani , or to one of the coves beyond it ...
On the ship I did twelve - hour watches , which meant alternate third nights and third days on duty . ... After a night watch I would walk to Freattys beach at the eastern end of the Pasha Limani , or to one of the coves beyond it ...
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Going below , I turned down the cabin lamp and made myself com- fortable on the settee for an hour until , my conscience pricking me , I roused myself to go on deck and take over the remainder of my watch .
Going below , I turned down the cabin lamp and made myself com- fortable on the settee for an hour until , my conscience pricking me , I roused myself to go on deck and take over the remainder of my watch .
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Valley of the Shadow Anthony French | 1 |
Indian Sketches | 13 |
Western Ocean L W J Fifield | 24 |
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 309 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | William Blackwood, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2022 |
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