Hunt's Yachting Magazine, 第 16 巻

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Hunt, 1867

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500 ページ - THE WRECK REGISTER AND CHA.RT FOR 1866. We have for many years past been in the habit of making a few remarks on the Wreck Register, prepared by the Board of Trade, and presented to Parliament; and we have done so principally with the view of directing attention to the loss of life from shipwreck on our coasts, and to the means employed in rescuing shipwrecked sailors. We find, on examining this carefully.compiled register, that the number of wrecks and casualties from all causes on the coasts of...
254 ページ - ... for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody.
501 ページ - The number of ships reported as lost or damaged is, as has been formerly stated, in excess of the number of casualties reported, because in cases of collision two or more ships are involved in one casualty. Of the...
556 ページ - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!
501 ページ - The number of ships reported is in excess of the number of casualties reported, because in cases of collision two or more ships are involved in one casualty. Of the 1,865 ships, 1,552 are kno-sn to have been ships belonging to Great Britain and its dependencies.
571 ページ - O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! THE WHISTLE.
505 ページ - ... happened with the wind at forces 7 and 8, or a moderate to fresh gale, when a ship, if properly manned and navigated, can keep the sea with safety...
504 ページ - East coast, 868: south coast, 187; west coast, 386; north-west coast of Scotland, 46 ; Irish coast, 146; Isle of Man, 15; Lundy Island, 3 ; Scilly Isles, 5. As regards the loss of life, the returns show that the number lost from shipwreck on or near the coast of the United Kingdom in 1865 was 698. These lives were lost in 164 ships; 124 of them were laden vessels, 33 were vessels in ballast, and in...
254 ページ - THANKS for the lessons of this Spot — fit school For the presumptuous thoughts that would assign Mechanic laws to agency divine ; And, measuring heaven by earth, would overrule Infinite Power. The pillared vestibule, Expanding yet precise, the roof embowed, Might seem designed to humble man, when proud Of his best workmanship by plan and tool. Down-bearing with his whole Atlantic weight Of tide and tempest on the Structure's base, And flashing...
503 ページ - Then follow 418 old ships from 30 to 50 years old. Having passed the service of half a century, we come to the very old ships, viz...

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