PREFACE

CONTENTS 1. CRAB-POTS 2. THE DRUM 3. A CAPTAIN'S FORENOON 4.

A TALL SHIP I CRAB-POTS

II THE DRUM

III A CAPTAIN'S FORENOON

IV THE SEVEN-BELL BOAT

V THE KING'S PARDON

VI AN OFF-SHORE WIND

VII THE DAY

VIII THE MUMMERS

IX CHUMMY-SHIPS

X THE HIGHER CLAIM

Title: A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions

Author: Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

Language: English

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Transcriber's note:

"Bartimeus" is the pseudonym of Captain Lewis Ritchie, R.N.

A TALL SHIP

On Other Naval Occasions

by

"BARTIMEUS"

Author of "Naval Occasions"

  . . . "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
        * * *
  And a laughing yarn from a merry fellow rover,
  And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over."
        JOHN MASEFIELD

Cassell and Company, Ltd
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne

First published September 1915.
Reprinted September and October 1915.

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