Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 366
er. One or two devices which have since passed away,but were in use during the eighteenth century, may bementioned before we pass on. I wonder how many seamen now serving on steamships would knowwhat fothering meant ? It was a device that inthe days of the old wooden sailing ships saved both… … OJ T I S P! ^ c S s •s j3 a O 1 faD 3 .i .S W -a ^ THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Cooks voyages at a critical time after the ship hadstruck on a rock, and the sea was pouring in so fast thatthe pumps were of httle avail. Moore, in his Midship-mans Vocabulary, published in 1805, describes themethod as…
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