Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 50
to side mark-ing off the roll of the ship in great arcs-against the sky. If you are so fortunate as to stay until mid-night you will see perhaps the most curioussight of the twenty-four hours, when theships officer changes the time. The clockwhich sets the time for the life of the ship isput back… … Re-Setting the Clock at Midnight. comes to an end when the call of the lookoutfrom the crows nest announces anotherday. The beautiful sea cry is taken up andrepeated down the long-deserted deck.Eight bells and all s well.
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 50](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial34dodg-50-35.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial381dodg-90-87.webp)
