The Seaman's Friend / Containing a treatise on practical seamanship, with plates, a dictionary of sea terms, customs and usages of the merchant service

by Richard Henry Dana

[ [4] It will assist this operation to keep hold of the outer leech until the sail is clear of the top.

[ [5] See Totten's Naval Text Book, Letter XX.

[ [6] 5 Rob. Ad. 155. 1 Mason, 139; 2 do. 435; 4 do. 390. 16 Mass. 336. 7 Johns. 308. But see 8 Pick. 89. 16 Mass. 663.

[ [7] 4 Mass. 663. 4 Mason, 183. 9 Pick. 4. 6 Mass. 422; 15 do. 477; 18 do. 389.

[ [8] Act 1792, ch. 45, §1.

[ [9] Act 1831, ch. 350, §1.

[ [10] 3 Sumner, 342. 2 Law Rep. 146 contra.

[ [11] Act 1792, ch. 45, §3.

[ [12] Do. §4, §12.

[ [13] Act 1792, ch. 45, §23.