. Studies in bird migration . h of 12,000 candle-power,and making a complete revolution in three it lies in the direct course of all the east-coast trafficpassing north and south via the English Channel, anden route to and from the Thames, it is furnished witha siren of exceptional power, for use in times of fog orhaze. This horn was a veritable bete noire to me duringmy early days on board the ship, though I afterwards,except during the night, came to regard its hideous andnerve-rending blasts with indifference, 4 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION Life in a lightship (apart from mal de mer
. Studies in bird migration . h of 12,000 candle-power,and making a complete revolution in three it lies in the direct course of all the east-coast trafficpassing north and south via the English Channel, anden route to and from the Thames, it is furnished witha siren of exceptional power, for use in times of fog orhaze. This horn was a veritable bete noire to me duringmy early days on board the ship, though I afterwards,except during the night, came to regard its hideous andnerve-rending blasts with indifference, 4 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION Life in a lightship (apart from mal de mer, from whicheven the crew are not on all occasions immune) is un-doubtedly one of considerable hardship and is the life of a seaman spent under the most trying condi-tions—namely, of one whose ship is ever the sport of thewinds and waves. Off the Kentish Knock sands the set ofthe tide is so strong from north to south, and vice versa,that the lightship rides out gales from the east and west A/<9/? TH S£ A ..
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