A BUNCH OF ROPE
YARNS
A BUNCH OF
ROPE YARNS
BY
STANTON H. KING
Author of “Dog Watches at Sea”
Boston: 1903
Richard G. Badger
The Gorham Press
Copyright 1902 by
Stanton H. King
All Rights Reserved
Printed at The Gorham Press, Boston
Contents
| How I Was Educated | [ 13] |
| Mission Work Among Seamen | [ 35] |
| The Forecastle | [ 53] |
| Superstitions of Seamen | [ 69] |
| The Lucky Bag | [ 85] |
| The Sailor and His Dudheen | [ 99] |
| Pets Aboard Ship | [ 109] |
| How Sailors Wash Their Clothes | [ 123] |
| The Lead Line | [ 141] |
| Rhymes Foretelling Weather | [ 155] |
| Rules of the Road at Sea | [ 161] |
| Signalling at Sea | [ 167] |