WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE PRESENT BOOK. Abbott on Shipping York ) Guide Espinasse's Reports States Custom-houses Haggard's Admiralty Reports Johnson's New York Reports Kent's Commentaries Barnwell and Adolphus's Reports Barnwell and Alderson's Reports Barnwell and Cresswell's Reports Bosanquet and Puller's Reports Brightley's Digest of the Laws of the United States Brooke's Notary Brown's Admiralty Brown's Parliamentary Cases Burroughs's Reports California Reports Campbell's Reports Carrington and Payne's Reports Cowen's New York Reports Cowper's Reports Cranch's United States Reports Curtis's Rights and Duties of Mer chant Seamen Laws of the Sea (Boston) ment, 25 & 26 Vict. ch. 63 Molloy Olcott's Reports (New York) Opinions of United States Attorney Generals Dana's Seaman's Friend Guide Passei ers' Act Amendment, 18 & 19 Vict. ch. 119 Peters's Admiralty Reports (Penn sylvania) Reports, time of Lord Hardwicke Regulations of the Admiralty as to lights and fog-signals Robinson, C., Admiralty Reports East's Reports (Boston) Robinson W., Admiralty Reports Seaman's Assistant (Boston) viii Term Reports owner's Guide United States Statutes at large Ventris's Reports merce Taunton's Reports CONTENTS. PAGE 1. DUTIES, LIABILITIES, AND RIGHTS OF SHIPMASTERS 3. SHIPPING ARTICLES, OR AGREEMENT WITH CREW 5. CONDUCT OF THE MASTER TOWARDS THE CREW, AND OF SEA- 9. DISMISSAL OF SEAMAN BEFORE EARNING A MONTH'S WAGES; ALSO AS TO HIS RIGHTS ON AN ABANDONMENT OR BREAK- 12. PASSENGER-SHIP AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY DISCHARGING CARGO 15. REFUSE RECEIVING GOODS UNTIL FREIGHT PAID 16. CARRYING LETTERS 17. SAILING UNDER CONVOY IN TIME OF WAR 18. UNITED STATES PORTS OF ENTRY AND DEPARTURE 19. THE MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES 20. READY TO DEPART. 66 67 67 67 68 70 71 H PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR BRITISH SHIPMASTERS. 1. DUTIES, LIABILITIES, AND RIGHTS OF SHIPMASTERS. No man has greater responsibilities thrown upon him, heavier duties to perform, or risks to pass through, than a master-mariner; and yet no person, generally, has less : credit for his work. * * The following qualifications which a master-mariner is supposed to possess, appeared in an English newspaper : “There is, perhaps, no profession or trade known wherein so much and so many qualifications are required from one man, as from a shipmaster. He is required to be well versed in navigation, in all its branches, from plain trigonometry to great circle sailing, and from finding the latitude by a meridian altitude, to the longitude by a lunar observation. He is also supposed to be thoroughly versed in seamanship; in fact, to be able to conduct his ship to all parts of the world, and to keep her clear of lee shores, rocks, shoals, and sandbanks. All this is an absolutely necessary requirement; but he is also required to be able (nearly) to build the ship he commands; he must know how every part of her frame is put together, from the kelson upwards, and whenever a part of her becomes affected, he must know how and where to apply the remedy. He must be perfectly acquainted with various trades, such as sailmakers, carpenters, coopers, blacksmiths, and sometimes cooks. “Under his particular care and charge are, first, his crew, and then his medicine chest, and the captain is supposed (while he is afloat at least) to be able to cure any disease that may happen to come within the limits of his little book, entitled “The Seamen's Medical and Surgical Assistant." Should, however, one of the crew depart this life, the captain gives the |
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