The Seaman's Friend

The Seaman's Friend By Richard Henry Dana. CONTAINING A TREATISE ON PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP, WITH PLATES, A DICTIONARY OF SEA TERMS; CUSTOMS AND USAGES OF THE MERCHANT SERVICE; LAWS RELATING TO THE PRACTICAL DUTIES OF MASTER AND MARINERS. BY R. H. DANA, JR., AUTHOR OF "TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST." FIFTH EDITION. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY THOMAS GROOM. 1847. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, BY R. H. DANA, JR., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED BY GEO. A. & J. CURTIS, NEW-ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.