Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters (1856)
Lloyd, James T. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, Ohio, J. T. Lloyd & co.; Chicago, Ill., D. B. Cooke & co. · leaf 38
ied but one. Thechief reliance of the boatmen was on, a large square sail forward, which,when the wind was in the right direction, accelerated the progressivemotion of the boat, and relieved the hands, who at other times wereobliged t^ propel the barge by such laborious methods as we are about(32)… … EAKLY NAVIGATION ON THE WESTERN WATERS. The Mississippi, in particular, is celebrated for its turbulence andimpetuosity, and truly it deserves its reputation, for its violent demeanoris such that its own shores are unable to control it. It scorns the limi-tations to which other rivers are subject;…
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