. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. these dangers the study of their li\ ler pilot-boat skimming with the grace ol a sea-bird alongIt has the stanchness of a ship built for the longest voyaIt is doubtless made of the best oak, is sheathed with the best coppenand may I si twenty thousand dollars • The life of a pilot must be an adventurous one, said Frank, andalso miK h pleasure in it. tion and hard training to become a pilot d that the candidate for the position shall have been an during which he shall have performed all the duti tilor, even t the washing ol the d
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. these dangers the study of their li\ ler pilot-boat skimming with the grace ol a sea-bird alongIt has the stanchness of a ship built for the longest voyaIt is doubtless made of the best oak, is sheathed with the best coppenand may I si twenty thousand dollars • The life of a pilot must be an adventurous one, said Frank, andalso miK h pleasure in it. tion and hard training to become a pilot d that the candidate for the position shall have been an during which he shall have performed all the duti tilor, even t the washing ol the decks and the tarr: I his i- his college life. If he is an apt student, >1 qualification from a board of commisJa he ha rigidly examined. 1 The pilot-boats themselves cposed to great dangers in foggy ON THE ATLANTIC. 53 weather. A calm comes on, and they cannot move. In this situation,they are liable to be struck by one of the great iron vessels or oceansteamers. During the last twenty-five years, some thirty pilot-boatshave been lost on this
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