| APPENDICES. | |
| PAGE | |
| Appendix No. 1 | [563] |
| Appendix No. 2 | [567] |
| Appendix No. 3 | [571] |
| Appendix No. 4 | [582] |
| Appendix No. 5 | [590] |
| Appendix No. 6 | [596] |
| Appendix No. 7 | [600] |
| Appendix No. 8 | [611] |
| Appendix No. 9 | [613] |
| Appendix No. 10 | [618] |
| Appendix No. 11 | [620] |
| Appendix No. 12 | [624] |
| Appendix No. 13 | [634] |
| Appendix No. 14 | [637] |
| Index | [639] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Wreck Chart, showing where total, where partial, and where Loss of Life occurred | [Frontispiece] |
| The United States Sailing Clipper “Great Republic” | [360] |
| The Transverse Midship Section of British Sailing Ship, “Thermopylæ” | [415] |
| Drawing of this Ship under Full Sail | [416] |
CHART
OF THE
BRITISH ISLES
SHEWING THE
WRECKS AND CASUALTIES
DURING THE YEAR 1873-4,
distinguishing those attended with
Loss of Life
Large Map
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
CHAPTER I.
Progress of the United States of America—Their resources—Discriminating duties levied by France, 1820, against American ships—Rapid rise of New Orleans, and of New York—Boston ships extend their trade to India and China—Stephen Girard, the rich and eccentric American shipowner, note—Mercantile marine laws of the United States—Duties of master and mate—Provision for Seamen—Special Acts relating to them—Power given to American consuls to deal with seamen on their ships—Superiority of native American seamen, owing to their education—Excellent schools and early training for them—Spirit and character of the “Shipping Articles” as affecting the seamen—the owners—and the master or consignee—Conditions of wages, and remedies for their non-payment; and other securities for seamen—Power of Appeal by them to the Admiralty Courts—Laws with reference to pilots—Character of American seamen, and especially of the New Englanders.
Progress of the United States of America.