. Juvenile Instructor. ythian, probablya small coasting vessel, took him fromCa;sarea to Myra. The second vesselin which he sailed was a large Alexan-drian corn ship; this vessel was wrecked 484 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. on the coast of Malta; and the third,which carried him to anotherlarge Alexandrian corn ship. The shipin which Paul was wrecked had twohundred and seventy-six persons onboard, besides a cargo of wheat, andthese passengers were transferred to an-other ship, which had its own crew andits own cargo, and were taken on toPuteoli. A conservative estimate wouldplace the to
. Juvenile Instructor. ythian, probablya small coasting vessel, took him fromCa;sarea to Myra. The second vesselin which he sailed was a large Alexan-drian corn ship; this vessel was wrecked 484 THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. on the coast of Malta; and the third,which carried him to anotherlarge Alexandrian corn ship. The shipin which Paul was wrecked had twohundred and seventy-six persons onboard, besides a cargo of wheat, andthese passengers were transferred to an-other ship, which had its own crew andits own cargo, and were taken on toPuteoli. A conservative estimate wouldplace the tonnage of an ancient mer- sity required, these chains were putaround the ship and made tight, soas to keep the planks in place. Therig of an ancient ship, says Smith,was more simple and clumsy than thatemployed in modern times. Its greatfeature was one large mast, with onelarge, square sail fastened to a yard ofgreat length. Hence the strain uponthe hull, and the danger of starting theplanks, were greater than under the. PERSIAN FLEET. chant ship at one thousand tons. Thevessels were steered by two paddlerudders, one on each quarter, acting ina rowlock or through a porthole, as thevessel might be small or large. Ancient ships were far from being asperfectly built as are those of today,consequently leaking and founderingwas of common occurrence. Helpsin the nature of chains or cables werealways taken along, and when neces- present system, which distributes themechanical pressure more evenly overthe whole ship. Not that there werenever more masts than one, or moresails than one on the same mast, inan ancient merchantman. But thesewere repetitions, so to speak, of thesame general unit of feature of the ancient, as of themodern ship, is the flag at the top of themast. FROM THE ARK TO THE MONITOR. 485 Going back to nearly three thousandyears before Christ, we find some verylarge vessels in use among the Egyp-tians. These vessels otten carried car-goes of cattle, and must
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