A sack of shakings. Shakings are odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during a voyage. They were formerly the perquisites of the chief mate.
Title:
A sack of shakings. Shakings are odds and ends of rope and canvas accumulated during a voyage. They were formerly the perquisites of the chief mate.
Author:
Bullen, Frank Thomas, 1857-1915.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1901.
Physical Description:
viiip., 1 leaves, 388 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20cm
General Note:
Title in red and black.
Republished, in greater part, from the Spectator.
Language:
English
Format :
Book