Windjammers and Sea Tramps

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Windjammers and Sea Tramps, by Walter Runciman This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Windjammers and Sea Tramps Author: Walter Runciman Release Date: February 23, 2005 [EBook #15155] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WINDJAMMERS AND SEA TRAMPS *** Produced by Steven Gibbs and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. WINDJAMMERS AND SEA TRAMPS By WALTER RUNCIMAN, Sen. Author of "The Shellback's Progress in the Nineteenth Century." SECOND EDITION. LONDON AND NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD. NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET. 1905. "THE —— RATS HAVE EATEN UP HOLLAND" THESE EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS OF THINGS NAVAL NEW AND OLD ARE DEDICATED WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF ESTEEM TO JOHN DENT AND WILLIAM MILBURN AND TO THE MEMORY OF E.H. WATTS CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II. PECULIAR AND UNEDUCATED CHAPTER III. A CABIN-BOY'S START AT SEA CHAPTER IV. THE SEAMAN'S SUPERSTITIONS CHAPTER V. THE SEAMAN'S RELIGION CHAPTER VI. SAFETY AND COMFORT AT SEA CHAPTER VII. WAGES AND WIVES CHAPTER VIII. LIFE AMONG THE PACKET RATS CHAPTER IX. BRUTALITY AT SEA CHAPTER X. BRAVERY CHAPTER XI. CHANTIES CHAPTER XII. JACK IN RATCLIFF HIGHWAY CHAPTER XIII.