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]

To Mary Bennett Holden