In the Sargasso Sea - Thomas A Janvier - Böcker - Independently Published - 9798682381739 - 17 september 2020
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In the Sargasso Sea

Thomas A Janvier

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Book Excerpt: ...g, and the two mates having their hands full in driving forward the work of finishing the lading, so that the hatches might be on and things in some sort of order before the crew should be needed to make sail. The decks everywhere were littered with the stuff put aboard from the lighter that left the brig just before I reached her, and the huddle and confusion showed that the transfer must have been made in a tearing hurry. Many of the boxes gave no hint of what was inside of them; but a good deal of the stuff--as the pigs of lead and cans of powder, the many five-gallon kegs of spirits, the boxes of fixed ammunition, the cases of arms, and so on--evidently was regular West Coast "trade." And all of it was jumbled together just as it had been tumbled aboard. I was surprised by our starting with the brig in such a mess--until it occurred to me that the captain had no choice in the matter if he wanted to save the tide. Very likely the tide did enter into his calculations; but I was led to believe...

Media Böcker     Pocketbok   (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum 17 september 2020
ISBN13 9798682381739
Utgivare Independently Published
Antal sidor 172
Mått 152 × 229 × 9 mm   ·   235 g
Språk Engelska  

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