Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 / 2008-10-29 00:00:00

EBOOK, THE MIRROR OF THE SEA ***


Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk


The Mirror of the Sea


Contents:

I. Landfalls and Departures
IV. Emblems of Hope
VII. The Fine Art
X. Cobwebs and Gossamer
XIII. The Weight of the Burden
XVI. Overdue and Missing
XX. The Grip of the Land
XXII. The Character of the Foe
XXV. Rules of East and West
XXX. The Faithful River
XXXIII. In Captivity
XXXV. Initiation
XXXVII. The Nursery of the Craft
XL. The Tremolino
XLVI. The Heroic Age

CHAPTER I.

"And shippes by the brinke comen and gon,
And in swich forme endure a day or two."
The Frankeleyn's Tale.

Landfall and Departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman's life
and of a ship's career. From land to land is the most concise
definition of a ship's earthly fate.
A "Departure" is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The
term "Landfall" is more easily understood; you fall in with the
land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere.
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