Dog-watches at sea
English: Identifier: dogwatchesatsea00king (find matches) Title: Dog-watches at sea Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Charles Copeland  (1858–1945)   Alternative names Charles George CopelandDescriptionAmerican artistDate of birth/death 10 September 1858 1945Location of birth Knox County Authority control : Q5076457 VIAF: 56202685 ISNI: 0000 0000 7277 9931 LCCN: n2009073817 NLA: 35528025 Open Library: OL6822039A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q5076457 King, Stanton Henry Subjects: Sailors Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: e got it forward. Then, bending on theend of the gantline, which had been rove forthis purpose, we hoisted it aloft, abaft theyards, guying it out to windward. The materemained on deck to slack away, while bothwatches, with Mr. Williams and the boat-swain, bent and reefed it. The heat of the lazaret and the work ofhauling the topsail caused the perspiration toflow freely. Oilskins were discarded, and wewere wet through with the salt spray. Be-fore we started aloft, a roaming wave left itsturbulent head on our deck, and for a mo-ment it seemed as though we were in the surfat a seaside resort. Up we went, drippingwet, and mounted the rocking horse. Jack was next to me. Together we passed theweather earing and shouted, Haul out to lo-ard. Oh, how delightful! Seated on theyardarm, I could see the heavy seas tumble against the ship, the running rigging flyingloose and curving like coach whips. The whole scene aloft and below was wild andawe-inspiring. We were fully four hours bending the top- Text Appearing After Image: IMAGE : St. Augustine American Clipper Ship. (St Augustine (ship) TOGETHER WE PASSED THE WEATHER EARING .„,! imn tN»^ A HOT SHIP 163 sail. During this time the men were grinding away on their tobacco. Those on the leeyardarm could enjoy their weed ; they could let fly the juice and watch it safely pass to leeward. Not so with us on the weather yardarm. We must watch our opportunity to spit in the sail when Mr. Williams was not looking. Or we might bend our heads under the yard and hope a back draft would not lift it to windward and drive it into some fellows face. A spatter of tobacco juice fell full on the second mates face. Immediately he opened his dictionary and put his vocabulary to use. Now most seafaring men use tobacco. I suppose they would chew less if they were allowed to smoke when they felt like it; but it is a great breach of discipline for a sailor to smoke while working, so they form the chewing habit, which they can indulge in while on deck. No greater blessing is bestowed on a sailor than his pipe. It makes him forget his cares,breaks the hum Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.