Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 316
sailors most faithful guides ; they are taughtclimatology (the science of climates), because thatwill show them how to save the lives of their crewsin the unhealthy countries they may have to visit;and they are taught, above all, to be gentlemen,because they must do their share in sustaining… … DISTRIBUTING LETTERS. youngsters submit themselves with the importanceof bearded men ; and twice a day they have a de-livery of letters from home and friends. The post-master sits at a little desk in the center of one ofthe corridors, and the boys crowd around him ex-citedly until every scrap of…
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