THE MODERN SAILOR
The gentlemen in our merchant navy are dropping the ancient distinctions and method of nomenclature sanctified by so many pleasant traditions. They are no longer mates, first mates, or second mates, as the case may be, but first officers, or second officers. They have grown ashamed of their cloth tj the extent of never donning the blue jacket on land. A first officer hi the P. and 0. S.--K"; Co. or Mr Green's service, is not recognisable as a sailor, once ho leaves his ship. He can ride to hounds and hold his own in a ballroom with any garrison lieutenant. He can do his share of the work in the hot corner of thejxreserve. He never by any chance belays his timbers or shivers his main braces. If Commodore Trunnion could see him, his rage and astonishment would be unspeakable. The kettles and the hot water, as Admiral Rons contemptuously terms our steamships, have much to answer for in spoiling many sea illusions. The boilers and the paddle-boxes or the screw do not easily lend themselves to picturesque uses. As for your steam yacht, it is nothing less than an abominable incongruity.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 1429, 26 March 1872, Page 3
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196THE MODERN SAILOR Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 1429, 26 March 1872, Page 3
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