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...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is more easily understood; yo...

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...e Frankeleyn’s Tale L ANDFALL AND DEPARTURE mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman’s life and of a ship’s ca reer. From land to land is the most concis... ...tter personal to the man. It is not the ship that takes her departure; the seaman takes his Departure by means of cross-bearings which fix the place o... ...factory amount of trust in their officers, and to be trusted displeases no seaman worthy of the name. On my first voyage as chief mate with good Cap- ... ...the land, the spirit of the ship’s commander is tormented by an unconquer- able restlessness. It seems unable to abide for many seconds together in th... ...a point of perfection in a ship as a worker when she is spoken of as being able to sail without ballast. I have never met that sort of para- gon mysel... ... if he is not going to sail in her himself. The risk of advertising her as able to sail without ballast is not great, since the statement does not imp... ...nd meantime the outward-bound ships passed, running through our humiliated ranks under all the canvas they could show. It is my idea that the East- er... ...uld see one of the loaded ships with battened-down hatches drop out of the ranks and float in the clear space of the dock, held by lines dark and slen... ...nt fig- ure-heads that in the late seventies used to overhang in a serried rank the muddy pavement by the side of 111 Joseph Conrad the New South Doc...

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...people.” The Editor then, after expressing his regret that he had not been able to come, wanted to know if the party had been entertaining. Renouard r... ...use. Willie is stupid sometimes. For it is clear that you are the last man able to help.” “How on earth do I come to be mixed up in this—whatever it i... ...e turned malignant all at once, and in a bibulous tone surprising in a man able to keep his balance so well— “Aha! But you haven’t got him here—not ye... ...standing wide open, no sight of a human being anywhere, the plants growing rank and tall on the deserted fields. For hours the Editor and the schooner... ...ou? “Our Mr. Stafford takes it all in with downcast eyes… I am a competent seaman, he says, with his sly, modest air. A ship’s chief mate has no doubt... ...youngster on joining the service was put under the charge of a trustworthy seaman, who slung his first hammock for him and often later on became a sor... ...over then that, no Spaniard being forthcoming for the service, this worthy seaman with the unique pigtail and a very high character for courage and st... ...heir heads when they took leave of each other, and their sur- roundings of rank bushes and stony fields were dreary. “In four days’ time,” were Byrne’...

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... chastisement without a word or cry, for blows were the lot of boys of all ranks, and were dealt out without much respect to justice; and he also had ... ...bury. “Pardon me, madam, my Countess will attend you.” The Countess’s high rank and great power were impressive to the Baroness of Whitburn, who bent ... ...to a kind and holy dame who will, I trust, with the blessing of Heaven, be able to heal thee better than we have done.” “Oh, lady, lady, do not send m... ...to talk to her. “You will soon be better,” she said, “and then you will be able to play in the garden.” “Is there any playfellow for me?” asked Grisel... ...king a walk in the trim garden and orchard, and by and by being pronounced able to join the other girl scholars of the con- vent. Only here was the fi... ...enger could reach him. Indeed, the belief in sorcery was universal, and no rank was exempt from the danger of the accusation. Thora’s treachery was sp... ...ow not the name—and laid hands on a fisher’s smack, which Jock of Hull was seaman enough to steer with the aid of the lad on board, as far as Frieslan...

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...e taken down shall be scratched out. I have the great misfortune not to be able to read and write, and I am speaking my true and faithful account of t... ...ne with the least to say for himself. I qualify it, because, besides being able to read and write like a Quarter-master, he had always one most excell... ...e me. “Here you are,” I thought to myself, “good scholars and good livers; able to read what you like, able to write what you like, able to eat and dr... ...and I drew “Island.” So did Tom Packer. So of course, did four more of our rank and file. When this was settled, verbal instructions were given to all... ...his voice; and we made good way, and with little noise. There was always a seaman forward on the raft, keeping a bright look-out. Suddenly, in the ful... ...oat, Captain Maryon, brave and bold. At the helm of the third boat, an old seaman, with determination carved into his watchful face, like the figure-h... ...ptain—with the women and children clustering round him, and the men of all ranks grouped outside them, and all listening—stood telling how the Expedit... ...” says Lieutenant Linderwood. “Stand out, my friend!” I stood out from the ranks, and Miss Maryon and Captain Carton came up to me. “Dear Davis,” says...

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...e the book and the hero of it, as things altogether base, unworthy, laugh- able, and get a novel, or a game of billiards, or a pipe of tobacco, or the... ...ght and the militia on the left. The cor- tege advanced slowly between two ranks of soldiers to the sound of a funeral march, while the cannons of the... ...of the mizzen-mast. The coffin, carried by our sailors, passed between two ranks of officers with drawn swords, and was placed on the quarter-deck. Th... ...d. I doubt, to be sure, whether the severe tenue du bord requires that the seaman should be always fur- nished with those ferocious weapons, which in ... ...but you see that to discuss such a period of time would demand a consider- able number of pages, and for the present we will avoid the examination of ... ...t, to BE one—to come of an old stock, to have an honorable pedigree, to be able to say that cen- turies back our fathers had gentle blood, and to us t... ... and as we saw it (by peering over the heads of our neighbors in the front rank), it looked, in the midst of the black concave, and under the effect o...

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...inarily occupy that position in regard to social influence which could en- able them rapidly to diffuse the knowledge of a writer. A reader whose soci... ...es which palsy him, that he cannot deal with them effectually . If he were able really to pierce the haze which so often envelops, even to himself, hi... ...e measured by two separate questions. A. What is the problem, and of what rank in dignity or in use, which the essay undertakes? And next, that point... ...by me as a sufficient ground for writing upon it, unless I believed myself able to offer some considerable nov- elty. Generally I claim (not arrogantl... ... far higher class of compositions included in the American col- lection, I rank The Confessions of an Opium Eater, and also (but more emphatically) th... ...hardly prevent the reader from re- ceiving an impression as of some higher rank than did really 18 Thomas de Quincey belong to my family. And this im... ...ate branches of his 271 Autobiographic Sketches profession—navigation and seamanship, qualifications which are not very often united. After the death... ...a character to maintain with the sailors: he was respected equally for his seamanship and his shipmanship. 6 By the way, when it is considered that o... ...anish shipping and maritime towns was that which I have here retained. 6 “Seamanship and shipmanship”—These are two functions of a sailor seldom, sep...

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... passage window.’ I could only utter a vain wish that I had been there and able to fight for him, and I attacked Griff on the subject on the first opp... ...s. One evening we were treated to a box at the pan- tomime, and even I was able to go to it. We put our young sailor and our sister in the forefront, ... ...d though the consequence and importance de- rived from being raised to the ranks of the Squirearchy were agreeable, they were a dear purchase at the c... ...he loss of intercourse with the acquaintance whom separation raised to the rank of intimate friends, even her misgivings as to butchers, bak- ers, and... ...e been very handsome if two side-lights had not been obscured by the two T ables of the Law, with the royal arms on the top of the first table, and ov... ... haunted houses. And at home my father forbade any further mention of such rank folly and deception. The inner mullion chamber was turned into a lumbe... ...s cramped life, and the scowls of his fellows; and he knew himself to have seaman- ship enough to rise quickly, even if he could not secure a mate’s b...

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...f the man was unmistakable. Some months before he had been missed from the ranks of Republican troops after one of the many skirmishes which preceded ... ...ordered, to- gether with some other captured rebels, to march in the front rank of the Royal troops. A musket had been thrust into his hands. He had t... ...e sergeant, tightening his grip upon the stick he carried in virtue of his rank, executed this order with alacrity and zeal. He hit Gaspar Ruiz, whose... ...r, General Santierra, the venerable relic of revolutionary times, was well able to remem- ber the feelings of the young lieutenant. Since he had given... ...d without looking at me. That and the moving of his lips was all he seemed able to manage in his overloaded state. And when I turned round, this head,... ...aking sure of that strong man’s death, as if a powerful physique were more able to resist the bullets. For the sergeant had no doubt that Gaspar Ruiz ... ...ng with any of her damned tricks. “He gave me a regular lecture on special seaman- ship for the use of the Apse Family; then changing his tone, he beg... ... her Charley was all right. It took more than that ship knew to get over a seaman like Char- ley. And she agreed with me. “Next day we got the tug off... ...hich side of the gulf the ship was. He wasn’t a good officer, but he was a seaman all the same. He pulled himself together in a second, and the right ...

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...own, Sir!” roared the Lieutenant, instantly assuming all the rigour of his rank, though with difficulty repress- ing a smile. To be sure, Billy’s acti... ...ts. Aboard the Indomitable our merchant-sailor was forth- with rated as an able-seaman and assigned to the star- board watch of the fore-top. He was s... ...board the Indomitable our merchant-sailor was forth- with rated as an able-seaman and assigned to the star- board watch of the fore-top. He was soon a... ...tered fleet to an- chor, a proceeding which might have averted the deplor- able loss of life by shipwreck in the elemental tempest that followed the m... ... 19 Herman Melville it lurkingly survived them. Hence it was not unreason- able to apprehend some return of trouble, sporadic or general. One instance... ...d at all times not call- ing for pronounced action, and which shown in any rank of life suggests a virtue aristocratic in kind. As with some others en... ...ptain from another Vere his senior, a distant relative, an officer of like rank in the navy, it remained permanently attached to the surname. Chapter ... ...r Horatio” (meaning him with the Lord title) “is at bottom scarce a better seaman or fighter. But between you and me now, don’t you think there is a q... ...ing knowledge and ability in addition to those quali- ties implied in good seamanship. It was on an expedition of the latter sort, a somewhat distant ...

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...te has sent her bravest to the war, And multitudes pressed forward to that rank, Men with sad weeping wives and little ones. That other name—O Father!... ...mong the ruins grey, And like a phantom in fantastic play She wanders with rank weeds stuck on her brow, Over grass-hidden caves and turret-tops, Hers... ...m the bump of wonder: That’s my business, and there’s my tale. Fashion and rank all praised the professor: Ay! and I’ve had my smile from the Queen: B... ...d sew, I needn’t pay half my victuals for you. A man for himself should be able to scratch, But tickling’s a luxury:—love, indeed! Love burns as long ... ...ore than we. XXVII —So push you out of harbour in small craft, With little seamanship; and comes a gale, The world will laugh, the world has often lau... ... for the historic word on Wrecks. 407 TRAFALGAR DAY He leads: we hear our Seaman’s call In the roll of battles won; For he is Britain’s Admiral Till ... ...k; and must we fight, Our Nelson be our battle-cry! He leads: we hear our Seaman’s call In the roll of battles won; For he is Britain’s Admiral Till ...

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...was nothing that looked half so nautical. He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified. It was difficult to realize his work... ...hat could be said of him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wan- derer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so... ...by a slightly disdainful igno- rance; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence ... ...creek. The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing highe... ...olid friendship. “I started the lame engine ahead. ‘It must be this miser- able trader—this intruder,’ exclaimed the manager, look- ing back malevolen... ... of the bottom, we would be absolutely in the air—in space. We wouldn’t be able to tell where we were going to—whether up or down stream, or across — ... ...k heavily overgrown with bushes. Above the bush the trees stood in serried ranks. The twigs over- hung the current thickly, and from distance to dista... ...d altogether bewil- dering. He was an insoluble problem. It was inconceiv- able how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had... ...errible tail and breathing black smoke into the air. In front of the first rank, along the river, three men, plastered with bright red earth from head...

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...s and by the con- sistent narrowness of his outlook. But I have never been able to love what was not lovable or hate what was not hateful out of defer... ...ad been a very excellent master. And what greater kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see ... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. “I am sure,” he insisted, “you will get on firs... ... myself, as if already the story-teller were being born into the body of a seaman. But I heard on deck the whistle of the officer of the watch and rem... ...osphere of peace and content which only those who can love unselfishly are able to evoke. Y our mother—of far greater beauty, ex- ceptionally distingu... ...lone. The modest, lovable qualities of the youngest sister he did not seem able to see. It was I who felt most profoundly this unexpected stroke of de... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlistment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobili... ...o enter the Russian army, he was retired with only half the pension of his rank. His nephew (my uncle and guard- ian) told me that the first lasting i... ...rs does not make a literary man, any more than the love of the sea makes a seaman. And it is very possible, too, that I love the letters in the same w...

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...iserable creature took himself off with a final groan. His impudence still rankled when I came into the dining room at tiffin time. He was there on du... ...had been pleased to place him in. I had been told that he regarded me as a rank outsider. He raised not only his eyes, but his eyebrows as well, at th... ...ald forehead and promi- nent brown eyes, he might have been anything but a seaman. Y ou would not have been surprised to learn that he was an 10 The ... ... and also very emphatic: “Rubbish, my good man! One doesn’t compete with a rank outsider like that. There’s plenty of time.” Then there were pushing o... ...h Kent. Kent is no end sorry you left him. He gives you the name of a good seaman, too.” I flung away the paper I was still holding. I sat up, I slapp... ...nothing to do with that) my existence would, to be sure, have been still a seaman’s exist- ence, but directed on now to me utterly inconceivable lines... ...e done for me?” Neither his distress nor yet the sheer absurdity of it was able to disarm me. It was the first instance of harm being attempted to be ... ...ome, who was clearing the table, said to me: “I am afraid, sir, I won’t be able to give the mate all the attention he’s likely to need. I will have to... ...agnant heat, he said, he was confident that in a very few days he would be able to come up on deck and help me. While he was speaking I trembled lest ...

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...s and by the consistent narrowness of his out- look. But I have never been able to love what was not lovable or hate what was not hateful, out of def-... ...ad been a very excellent master. And what greater kindness can one do to a seaman than to put him in the way of employment? Captain Froud did not see ... ...certain special advantages—and so on. I told him that if I came at all the rank really did not matter. 19 Joseph Conrad “I am sure,” he insisted, “yo... ...vidence; because a good many of my other properties, infinitely more valu- able and useful to me, remained behind through unfortunate accidents of tra... ... myself, as if already the story-teller were being born into the body of a seaman. But I heard on deck the whistle of the officer of the watch and re-... ...phere of peace and content which only those who can love unself- ishly are able to evoke. Your mother—of far greater beauty, exceptionally distinguish... ...first-rate tactical instrument. Polish peasantry (not serfs) served in the ranks by enlist- ment, and the officers belonged mainly to the smaller nobi... ...to enter the Russian Army he was retired with only half the pension of his rank. His nephew (my uncle and guardian) told me that the first lasting imp... ... does not make a liter- ary man, any more than the love of the sea makes a seaman. And it is very possible, too, that I love the letters in the same w...

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...responsibility of all these shipwrecks, which unfortunately were consider- able; for of three thousand ships whose loss was annually recorded at Lloyd... ... was at its height. The theory of the floating island, and the unapproach- able sandbank, supported by minds little competent to form a judgment, was ... ...—if Nature has still secrets in the deeps for us, nothing is more conform- able to reason than to admit the existence of fishes, or cetaceans of other... ... cried Commander Farragut. CHAPTER IV NED LAND CAPTAIN FARRAGUT was a good seaman, worthy of the frigate he commanded. His vessel and he were one. He ... ...clearly, and without omitting one single detail. I announced our names and rank, introducing in person Professor Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and mas... ...But, I don’t know if I am right or not, there seems to be a sea breeze!” A seaman could not be mistaken, and I told the Cana- dian all that had passed... ...o the Nautilus, examined it attentively. He was, perhaps, a “mado” of high rank, for he was draped in a mat of banana-leaves, notched round the edges,...

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...d exhibit me before King Arthur and his illustrious knights seated at the T able Round, and would brag about his exploit in capturing me, and would p... ...white Indians.” CHAPTER III. KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND MAINLY THE R OUND T ABLE TALK WAS MONOLOGUES — narra tive accounts of the adventures in w... ...ightiest man of his hands that ever bare shield or strake with sword in the ranks of Chris tian battle — even him that sitteth there!” and he pointe... ... me, I was perfectly amazed, that one man, all by himself, should have been able to beat down and capture such battalions of practiced fighters. I s... ...fagots and a monk. On all four sides of the court the seated multitudes rose rank above rank, forming sloping terraces that were rich with color. The... ...s of spirit, non resistance under oppression; and she introduced heritable ranks and aristocracies, and taught all the Christian popula tions of th... ...ng shop I came to, up a back street, I got a rough rig suitable for a common seaman who might be going on a cold voyage, and bound up my face with a l...

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...te to History Archipelago. On the other hand, he will have encountered all ranks of natives, chiefs and pastors in their scrupulous white clothes; per... ...a much more than fairly intelligent. The whole would probably not fill the ranks of even an English half-battalion, yet there are a surprising number ... ...r; in the smallest thing or the greatest, without fear or scruple; equally able to affect, equally ready to adopt, the most engaging politeness or the... ... He refused them with an indigna- tion which he does not seem to have been able to keep to himself; and, whether or not by his fault, some of these un... ...ew convention. 24 A Footnote to History Weber here and Weber there. As an able man, he was per- haps in the right to prepare and propose conventions.... ..., and some seventeen thousand cartridges. Then followed a scene which long rankled in the minds of the white inhabitants, when the German marines raid... ...d offered to the world a perfectly original reading of the part of British seaman. Hand may have averted a collision, I say; but I am tempted to belie... ...es were confined. Kimberley had his quarter sentinelled and patrolled. Any seaman disregarding a challenge was to be shot dead; any tavern-keeper who ...

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...o sort of use to him until it was filled up from the outside. He was not able to invent the triflingest little thing with it. He had not a shadow of... ...and evil—he had to get the idea from the outside . Neither he nor Eve was able to originate the idea that it was im modest to go naked; the knowledg... ...that poor old creature to per Mark T wain 13 ish. He would not have been able to sleep, for thinking of it. O.M. What was his state of mind on his w... ...hing as fine as that, as exalted as that. Could you have remained in those ranks and gone down to your death in that unflinching way? What Is Man and... ...k them to die for duty’s sake, and not two dozen of them would stay in the ranks to the end? Y.M. Yes, I know that. O.M. But your train them, and pu... ...all his waking hours, the human being is under training. In the very first rank of his trainers stands association. It is his human environment which ... ...ys and soldier talk and generalship and general ways and general talk, and seaman ship and sailor ways and sailor talk. Maybe he did all these things... ...ss; I do not remember that any Nelson, or Drake, or Cook ever examined his seamanship and said it showed profound and accurate familiarity with that a... ...would this same captain be competent to sit in judgment upon Shakespeare’s seamanship—considering the changes in ships and ship talk that have necessa...

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...al social positions, would have accustomed them to many of the luxuries of rank. Two of the party, indeed, a male and female, belonged to the native o... ...e is a look of humanity in that smoke,” returned 8 The Pathfinder the old seaman, “which is worth a thousand trees. I must show it to Arrowhead, who ... ...f the wild grandeur and simple dignity of a chief. Between him and the old seaman the intercourse had been friendly, but distant; for the Indian had b... ...t superiority of the Tuscarora’s reserve, that Charles Cap, for so was the seaman named, in his most dog- matical or facetious moments, had not ventur... ...e, but which is never so flattering or so agree- 19 James Fenimore Cooper able as when it comes from the young to those of their own age—from the man... ...ught a canoe might be concealed. “Call him in,” whispered Jasper, scarcely able to restrain his impatience,—“call him in, or it will be too late! See!... ...en in num- ber, treading lightly in each other’s footsteps; and he was en- abled again to get into their rear. After proceeding to the place where the... ...rty was out expressly to intercept Mabel and her uncle, concern- ing whose rank, however, they had evidently been deceived. He also ascertained enough... ...es, how- ever, and you can inquire of himself.” Notwithstanding his humble rank, there was something in the mien and character of Sergeant Dunham that...

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...poor Captain Leclere! He was a brave and an honest man.” “And a first-rate seaman, one who had seen long and honorable service, as became a man charge... ...” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experi- ence.” A cloud passed over Danglars’ brow. “You... ...re you the other; I will do my best.” “Ah, M. Morrel,” exclaimed the young seaman, with tears in his eyes, and grasping the owner’s hand, “M. Morrel, ... ...gs at a time, that I had been obliged to await your return, in order to be able to purchase them.” “Do as you please; but, first of all, pray have a s... ...mmels of etiquette. Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously... ...ibed form or attention in registering his cargo, and it is more than prob- able he will be set at liberty directly he has given the information requir... ...e would convert into a martyr, and fif- teen of restoration elevate to the rank of a god. The guests were still at table, and the heated and energetic... ...yes, they could not help admitting that the king, for whom we sacri- ficed rank, wealth, and station was truly our ‘Louis the well-beloved,’ while the... ...without speaking a word, answered Dantes’ question; for he saw between the ranks of the soldiers a passage formed from the carriage to the port. The t...