Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 456
This vessel should be compared with No. 494. The ramis blunt; the aplustre carries a shield ; the upper beamsupports the rowlocks, or is perhaps a waling-piece. Theway in which the gubemator holds the steering paddles iswell shown, but the representation of the three banks ofoars is purely… … The details of this navis oneraria are very clear. Theaplustre ends in a goose-head (x^vio-kos), to which isfastened a flagstaff (o-TvAis) with ensign. The steersman(gubemator) controls the steering-oar (gubernaculum). Thecrew are engaged in furling (contrahere) the sails; one ofthem is running up…
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