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A collection of maritime essays and sketches presents vivid accounts of shipboard life, sailors’ customs, and practical aspects of navigation and modern warships. Natural-history observations of whales, porpoises, fish, and other ocean creatures are combined with anecdotal voyage narratives, rescues, and descriptions of sailors’ pets. Several pieces examine sea lore and superstitions, ocean winds and currents, and the social order and etiquette aboard ship. The essays are arranged as short, self-contained chapters that blend descriptive naturalism, technical detail, and reflective commentary about the human and animal drama of life at sea.

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Title: A Sack of Shakings

Author: Frank Thomas Bullen

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Language: English

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A HONEYMOON IN SPACE

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’TWIXT DEVIL AND DEEP SEA

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THE STRANGE WOOING OF MARY BOWLER

By Richard Marsh

THE INVADERS

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SENTENCE OF THE COURT

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WITH THE BLACK FLAG

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A PATCHED-UP AFFAIR

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THE CONSCIENCE OF CORALIE

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JOAN BROTHERHOOD

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THE BRAND OF THE BROAD ARROW

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THE WHITE BATTALIONS

By F. M. White

GOD’S LAD

By Paul Cushing

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NELL GWYN

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THE WOMAN OF DEATH

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THE SPELL OF THE SNOW

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A Sack of Shakings

By

Frank T. Bullen, F.R.G.S.

Author of
“The Cruise of the Cachalot,” “With Christ at Sea,”
“The Men of the Merchant Service,” etc.

London

C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.

Henrietta Street

1901