Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 330
t day thehorrors ofthe Capehave some-what abated.This is ow-ing to a grow-ing famiharity with it; but, more than all, to the im-proved condition of ships in all respects, and the meansnow generally in use of preserving the health of thecrews in times of severe and prolonged exposure. . . .Ere the… … 294 A Book of Sea Stories force of attraction, or something equally inscrutable,two ships in a calm, and equally affected by the cur-rents, will always approximate more or less. Thoughthere was not a breath of wind, it was not a greatwhile before the strange sail was descried from ourbulwarks;…
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