Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 388
of that verylighthouse district but a short time before, feel-ing that he knew his way into that port betterthan the most experienced pilot. Presently, however, he was startled by the alarming cryof breakers ahead! A large hotel also loomedup, and, as the ship was backed full speedastern, all hands… … SINKER that the notice to mariners concerning thischange had been mailed to the captain of thecruiser, though it had failed to reach him beforehe sailed from the West Indies. Such, then, is the way in which a great oceansteamship, after rushing fearlessly over the un-fathomable depths of ocean,…
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