CONTENTS
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| Chapter I | [1] |
| Chapter II | [25] |
| Chapter III | [51] |
| Chapter IV | [75] |
| Chapter V | [97] |
| Chapter VI | [125] |
| Chapter VII | [155] |
| Chapter VIII | [185] |
| Chapter IX | [215] |
| Chapter X | [241] |
| Chapter XI | [269] |
| Chapter XII | [301] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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| Cape Horn, distant One Mile (From a photograph taken from the “Ruapehu”) | [Frontispiece] |
| Clipper Ship “Essex,” 1042 Tons. J. S. Atwood, Commander | [46] |
| U.S.S. “Roman” | [100] |
| U.S.S. “Nyanza” | [100] |
| U.S.S. “African” | [100] |
| U.S.S. “Syria” (From a painting by Willie Fleming of Cape Town) | [145] |
| N.Z.S. Co.’s “Ruapehu” | [243] |
| N.Z.S.S. “Kaikoura” (From a painting by Willie Fleming of Cape Town) | [271] |
| “Kaikoura” in Harbour | [283] |
| The Master of the “Kaikoura” | [289] |
| Shaking a Reef out | [303] |
| A Handy Mainsail which does not drive Smoke down on the Bridge | [311] |
CHAPTER I
“Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel,
But, once in a way, there will come a day
When the colt must be taught to feel
The lash that falls, and the curb that galls,
And the sting of the rowelled heel.”—Kipling.