The sun., 1878-07-21
JICK CARTER's LONG SWIM.
F"iiiHR from his Vessel In Mid.Ocenn, he SIN
Reaches Port as soon as She Does.

Of course they can they swim like ducks
leostways some Of em do" an old sailor an
swcrcd rcilcctiyoly. rs he took fresh quid und
prepared for short yarn. lie admitted he
could not swim a stroke himself. though he had
followed the sea for thirty years. and knew very
few sailors that could.
But Lor' bless yer" he said it's always
them as cant swim what gets saved. and the
good swimmers arc the ones that gets drown
ded. so what's the uso in learning?"
Ii IL startling to think that out of the thou-
sands who 90 down to the sea in ships and fol-
low maritime pursuits of different kinds for "A
living. the majority are unable to swim This
was brought cOnspicuOusly to the notice of the
public at the time the collision occurred he
tween the two German ironclads of the coast Of
England few weeks ago. Here several hun
drcd lives were lost from sheer inability TO keep
themselves anoat for few minutes. until as
sistance that was ample and near Mt hand ar
rived. or course even the best swimmer is
powerless in the oceans vast oxpanso in n
heavy gale and in icy seas. but many n sailors
life might nevertheless have been preserved In
ordinary weather had ho been ablo to keep
anoat after falling overheard until boat was
lowered to succor him.
In several navies of the world scamcn are
taught and encouraged 60 swim. but in the diff
ierent mercantlc navies no attention whatever
~ paid 10 tho subject, nnd II Ia estimated on
good authority that from half to thrcc-iiths %
the scamcn have no knowledge Of an art which
and vital branches Of their education. The best
swimmers in the world among the sailors are
who shin on yyhniers These lite Tho Feaiee
nnd sandwich Islanders. and the sailors from
nearly gu the south sea Islands. can spend the
Nmnricnn and EnrIist sail"rs nr,, ,,"rhmus Tho
noNt h"s' swimmers. although the blue water
And tIoac whose ny"rotio. pmnir iRrn' 'iii'1, i'm ~
sense an,rhibious. TGn Fr.frh and (isrmnn
sailor d mo-, t,c ir ma. yy,,mr m', 49, .',.,.' r
pnrJa avi,,uir, mi i.r,c ,r,,io "f .,ildr.
a., ,l,s1J o,, ,.es..sois - a ci,rr, =, ti,,a o,
inf, rv,'rv v"nr Nhout on".hnif nf tLnsn r,,n
swim. The rcst com" JnWn from ~ iba ro,,ntrv
Ia In, tr.fnod for snilors mn rarit .,,irr ~
stroke Oniv n f.v. of IN" Iinii'r md Ausiri,m
sailors swim "Th@ Gln.s, sniior /. ns efrnid
drSis nf th' ,,annIs oi Ch'nnn,',u iiv,t On H.,
r,..r ~ H. H. ii,.'s IL, .',,i H. b',,,.s
il il n singular fact that oniv u very lew can
in,itl n H., If Aim, ~ NV Inv" w
ni unviiatiun. ana about ali a Turk knows II
t,yinIriit,t d. The dive Ia Tho l,ntinn he tnLns
v,i,,, a. y vi nm, in ~ sl.k ma thrn,vn int0 tbe
Bosporns.
"Tbi. n.ornr,r,reillo iep,r,,c.. ~ swim.
',' ,, l. ,, =, ~ o"ii'l-
ieasional -eamen Among American nnd Inr
li.h vari,i.m"n ther. arS fr,y iyn'r,mt al fi,o
a., ~ ,,,',, ,,,.,,,, -. 80 " H. -, , W. ,.,i
~ ,ti i ,o,i,, No ~ , ,' 's,s Sr''' "iV i''O""'u
p" 'Tei m. nInut the sail.r On vour sbi,, finn,
swan across TIE Auantir'
I.rt b..iJ i,i . ;,,, -. 'r' ,h ,n,. vi, y
nnl gone uil- hiWy "a y'ar' dnht mihl spin,
hlhE we fhIh. 1 .u SEQ JN'N carter ana |
Shlll'u uh q y y ~ l" l.iN' floul on th"old bark
hyAhh Is. JACK pc never were over fond Of
M'rki ihpush Wnrn II came on ior IN blow he
W"uiu Np hlH uh} llk' " man. We were thr'e
uhys ohli s"nE oll, sii'A ~ You please on an
,l7' Win WIN Wl hcr muslin on Whcn To-
WI WWhi ? 'lusIi' t,i'io I,hle up spu3l from thr
ie-,M"ia. hoNai' ohd t"l gallant Sail7 were took
ih ih 70 hurry, Ah' as ~ .,n'inu,d l3 .rcIe top,
s'lls @ w H. H. t"' 'ki'1 'c.I9 h''u stiV.h. am
n, W''.l ""@ '' NJ an. "iiN a.'l my
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