The Ely miner., 1929-11-15

y periIs of a journey on salt
water. Here, at least, his
statements will have a familiar ring
to many modern ears. For he says:
The sea strikes terror into
the soul; it causes headache, it pro-
vOkeS vomiting and nausea lit destroys
appetite for food and drink; it
causes extreme and deadly perifs and
often brings men to a most cruel
death. And the most terrible danger
is that it is the wise who are most
afraid of it while fools hold it cheap"
Having voiced these wise observa-
tiOnS, the historian enters on a lengthy
description Of the galley upon which
he had embarked. 1t Immediately is
made plain that its size-it probably
was no larger than is the average
river ferry of these times-tremend-
ously impressed him with it's might
ness. And to his cleric's eyes its ap-
pointments seemed magnificent.
Yet the foulest cattleship which
crosses the Atlantic today is by every
comparison and in every imaginable
respect, an infinitely more comfort
able craft. The crew of the battle
ship-I almost said the steers, as we'll
enjoy accommodations such as the
most favored passenger on the finest
galley never dreamed of.
Live Stock Near Kitchen.
Evidently filled with an abounding
admiration for this floating palace,
the amazed Iandlubber proceeds:
The first and foremost part of
galley, which is called the PROV, is
sharp where it meets the sea and has
a strong beak made somewhat like
dragons head with open mouth, all of
which is made of iron, wherewith to
strike any ship which it may meet.
The stern is not sharp like the prov
nor has il a -beak; but it is wide and
curves from above downwardS to the
water and is much higher than the
prov. having upon it a building which
they call the castle. From ii there
hangs down into the sea the rudder,
or rudder post, above which in lat
ticed chamber is the steersman hold
ing the tiller in his hands.
The castle has three stories; the
first. wherein is the steersman and
the compass. and he who tells the
Steersman how the compass points,
and those who watch the stars and
winds and point out the way across
the sea; the middle one, wherein is
the chamber of the lord and captain
of the ship, and of his noble comrades
and meSSmates: and the lowest one.
which is the place wherein noble
ladies are housed at night. and where
the captains treasure is stored. This
chamber receives no light save through
the hatchway in the floor above it.
The poop has its own sail which is
bigger than the sail at the PROV. Be
yOnd the house on the poop, on the
right-hand side, is the kitchen, which
is not covered in: beneath the kitch
en- is the cellar. and beside the kitchen
is the stable for animals for slaughter.
wherein sheep, goats. calves. oxen,
cows and pigs stand all together.
There are rowers' benches all the way
from the poop to the prov. and on
every bench three rowers and an
archer.
A Floating Monastery.
''On deck, beside the mast. there Is
an open space wherein men assemble
to talk, as in a market-place; and so
it is called the market-place of the
galley. Now, on this upper deck of
the galley dwell the officers of the
galley and the galley-slaves. each man
upon his own bench. and there they
sleep, eat and work. Close to the
mast is the main hatchway through
which one descends by seven steps
into the cabin. which is the place
where the pilgrims live or where the
cargo is put in galleys of burthen.
Now, in length this cabin reaches
from the cellar in the stern TO the
small chamber in the prov, and in
width from one side of the ship to the
other, and it is like great and spa
cious chamber. . This hold is
filled with sand right up TO the deck.
beams, whereon the pilgrims lie; and
the pilgrims lift up the sand and bury
the bottles wherein they keep their
wine and also eggs and other things
which need to be kept cool.
"Down below, in the place where
the pilgrims live, is the well for bilge
water and all the water which Wis