Excerpt from Cruise of H. M.S. Cleopatra, 1892-1895 The day on which a ship is commissioned is a day to be remembered, and is never forgotten by anyone who has experienced it. On this day one first becomee' acquainted with future messmates, messmates with whom you have to live in the most intimate relations for three years or more, for weeks or months, probably never out of sight of each other. It is, therefore. But natural that there should be a little anxious scrutiny in endeavouring to detect any little peculiarity or ...
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Excerpt from Cruise of H. M.S. Cleopatra, 1892-1895 The day on which a ship is commissioned is a day to be remembered, and is never forgotten by anyone who has experienced it. On this day one first becomee' acquainted with future messmates, messmates with whom you have to live in the most intimate relations for three years or more, for weeks or months, probably never out of sight of each other. It is, therefore. But natural that there should be a little anxious scrutiny in endeavouring to detect any little peculiarity or mannerism, which may assist in forming a mental picture of one's future existence during the next three years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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