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Title: The merchant vessel : a sailor boy's voyages around the world
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901 LaPlante, Charles. egr Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931. ill Dodd, Mead & Company. pbl
Subjects: Boys Conduct of life Voyages and travels Voyages around the world Merchant ships Seafaring life Sailing Slavery
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co.
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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ST. GEORGES HALL. This is, of course, what miorht be stvled rather a salt-waterview of Englands great commercial emporium—yet, what buta one-sided view does the common sailor get of any strangeplace he may visit. He has no opportunity for seeing any-thing more than just that portion of the ^ft/side which hap-pens to be turned toward him. ■JAILORS SHOPS. Jack works hard all clay, and after supper ging-house, where he may sit at one of a number of tawith a shipmate or two, smoke his pennorth of backy, drinkhis pot of alf-and-alf, and listen to some good, had, and indif-ferent singing. These free concert rooms, as they are called,
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ST. GEORGES SQUARE. are the principal charms of Liverpool to sailors. Here theycongregate during the long winter evenings, enjoying them-selves, quietly, soberly, and at but little expense. The tailors shops are the places of resort next in impor-tance to singing-houses. No sooner has your ship entered thedock eates than she is besieged on all sides by an army of 72 THE MJiRC/lANT VESSEL. tailors, each anxious to secure the custom of the crew, andwilling to propitiate the captain, by the sacrifice of a pea-jacketor overcoat, or, if necessary, of an entire suit. And, in truth, not a few captains of American merchantvessels find it to their interest to make their tailors thehankers of the crew, thus forcing the men to trade with acertain individual, and to take from him certain amounts ofhis goods, in order to obtain certain other amounts of cash.Thus, a captain says to his crew who ask him for a littlemoney on Saturday night: Go to Mr. Snip, I have left yourmoney there. Off post Tom, D

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