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...n; those who live near lakes and marshes and rivers, or the sea itself, on fishing, while others are fowlers, or hunt- ers of wild beasts; but the gre... ...beautiful; nor would the shipwright make the prow or any other part of the vessel larger than it ought to be; nor will the master of the band permit a... ...ffic, some in carrying goods and passengers from place to place, others in fishing, and of each of these there are often many, as fishermen at Tarentu...

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...nd boundaries: 5,070 km total Coastline: 1,600 km Maritime claims: Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 20 nm Climate: semiarid in south an... ...her local foodstuffs; disrup- tions caused by civil war require food imports Fishing: catch 112,000 metric tons (1982) Major industries: mining (oil, ... ... claims: Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 3 nm Climate: tropical; moderated b... ...ture: pigeon peas, corn, sweet potatoes, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, poultry Fishing: inshore and reef fishing Major industries: tourism, lobster expo... ...: inshore and reef fishing Major industries: tourism, lobster exports, salt, fishing Electric power: 3,000 kW capacity; 9 million kWh produced, 1,320 ... ...ed earth Inland waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels Pipelines: crude, 1,117 km; natural gas, 330km Ports: 4 major, 6 ... ... smaller canals in the Delta); Suez Canal, 162 km long, used by ocean- going vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water Freight carried: Suez Canal 25... ...and unimproved earth Inland waterways: 460 km, navigable by small oceangoing vessels and river and coastal steamers; 3,300 km possibly naviga- ble by ... ...ds and machine shops provide maintenance and repair services to 3,500- 4,000 vessels that call at Gibraltar each year; UK military establishments and ...

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...gently, but deftly, held a birch branch that long ago had been fashioned into a fishing pole. He had been sitting for most of the day on a flat boul... ...g that he would send for him when he got settled. Aaron conned his way aboard a fishing trawler headed for The Soul Bearer Trieste by telling the ... ...stant. But Aaron had other plans. After a long and tedious voyage, the Italian vessel docked in New York's merchant shipyard. Sailing into New York... ...lives on the line many times by putting our small boats in the way of fifty-ton fishing trawlers in order to save whales and dolphins. I'm sure we c... ... with family and friends and barbecues in the back yard. But, more importantly, fishing trips and golf with influential constit­ uents. For otI:ers,... ...group of military scientists suggested it could be stored safely in containment vessels, under military guard, and the vessels could be changed peri... ...tage, and the bunch of you are looking for a job." "Well, I always wanted to go fishing and playa little golf," Orinthall said sarcastically. The ...

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...s more likely you should forget me, than that I should forget you.’ As the vessel put out to sea, I kept my eyes upon him for a considerable time, whi... ...ke some dried tongues with us, and some books. We will have a strong built vessel, and some Orkney men to navigate her. We must build a tolerable hous... ...ot like to take an emetick, (said Taylor,) for fear of breaking some small vessels.’—’Poh! (said Johnson,) if you have so many things that will break,... ... break your neck at once, and there’s an end on’t. You will break no small vessels:’ (blowing with high derision.) The horrour of death which I had al... ...l, but Dr. Johnson justly observed it was too dear; for that he could have vessels of silver, of the same size, as cheap as what were here made of por... ...ded by smelts. Is not this enough for you? at a time too when you were not fishing for a compliment?’ He laughed at this with a com- placent approbati...

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...But they have their place, and I have mine; and, like the iron and earthen vessels in the old fable, we can scarce come into collision without my bein... ...behind him—this Edgar—this hot- headed, hare-brained fool, has wrecked his vessel before she has cleared the harbor. I must see that he gains no advan... ...ntain his post at the steerage through all the changes of course which the vessel had held for thirty years, “I thought Sir William would hae verified... ...Mysie to wipe up the wine that had never been spilt, and placing the other vessel on the table, hoped there was still enough left for their honours. T... ...d a precari- 125 Sir Walter Scott ous subsistence by manning two or three fishing-boats in the herring season, and smuggling gin and brandy during th... ... the pier (a bulwark of stones rudely piled together), which protected the fishing-boats from the weather, it had been mattter of understanding that h... ... grounding their opposition, when the cooper, a very important person on a fishing-station, and one of the conscript fathers of the village, observed,... ...use; there, in yonder corner, under that handsome silver sconce, I kept my fishing-rods and hunt- ing poles, bows and arrows.” “I have a young birkie,... ...d himself absolutely compelled, by some necessary busi- ness, to visit the fishing hamlet, and was gliding like a ghost past the door of the cooper, f...

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...abian Nights for seamen. When the hill was open of the islet to the north, vessels must bear well to the eastward to clear Graden Ness and the Graden ... ...be the Red Earl bringing the owner of the pavilion and his guests. But the vessel’s head was set the other way. 150 Robert Louis Stevenson CHAPTER II... ... haven in the rocks, where many boats have been lost as they returned from fishing; two or three score of stone houses arranged along the beach and in...

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...sociated with the remembrance of the missing ladies saved from the wrecked vessel, and who was often sought but never found, thoughts of another kind ... ...ght like a drowsy lion—its glassy waters scarcely curve upon the shore—the fishing boats in the tiny harbour are all stranded in the mud—our 25 Char... ...ons, and in rickety camp stools, and in exploded cutlery, and in miniature vessels, and in stunted little tele scopes, and in objects made of shells ... ...w wooden hutches in the open street, down by the Port—devoted to fish. Our fishing boats are famous everywhere; and our fishing people, though they lo... ...all down and worship the Neapolitans, we make bold very much to prefer the fishing people of our French watering place—especially since our last visit... ... King laughed. ‘What may be the name of that instrument, like an im mense fishing rod,’ I inquired, ‘with which bills are posted on high places?’ ‘Th... ...ything—it is Pavilionstone. Within a quarter of a century, it was a little fishing town, and they do say, that the time was, when it was a little smug... ... as might be. Then there were the Lumpers, or labourers employed to unload vessels. They wore loose can vas jackets with a broad hem in the bottom, t... ...gidly as public houses. Lumpers also smuggle goods ashore for the crews of vessels. The smuggling of tobacco is so con siderable, that it is well wor...

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... the most unfortunate of all enterprises to my view; and I went on board a vessel bound to the coast of Africa; or, as our sailors vulgarly called it,... ...rrival, I resolved to go the same voyage again, and I embarked in the same vessel with one who was his mate in the former voyage, and had now got the ... ...he weather was fair, to take the ship’s pinnace and go out into the road a-fishing; and as he always took me and young Maresco with him to row the boa... ... him – to catch a dish of fish for him. It happened one time, that going a-fishing in a calm morn- ing, a fog rose so thick that, though we were not h... ...oat of our English ship that he had taken, he re- solved he would not go a-fishing any more without a com- pass and some provision; so he ordered the ... ...; and his bread, rice, and coffee. We went frequently out with this boat a-fishing; and as I was most dexterous to catch fish for him, he never went w... ...on board his ship, for that they designed some sport of fowling as well as fishing. I got all things ready as he had directed, and waited the next mor... ...en the wind shifting to the southward, I concluded also that if any of our vessels were in chase of me, they also would now give over; so I ventured t... ... I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in...

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... the most unfortunate of all Enterprises to my View; and I went on board a Vessel bound to the Coast of Africa; or, as our Sailors vulgarly call it, a... ...val, I resolved to go the same V oyage again, and I em bark’d in the same Vessel with one who was his Mate in the former V oyage, and had now got the... ...on board his Ship; for that they designed some Sport of Fowling as well as Fishing. I got all this way as he had directed, and waited the next Morning... ...en the Wind shifting to the southward, I concluded also that if any of our Vessels were in Chase of me, they also would now give over; so I ventur’d t... ...l I came to that Part where the English Traded, I should find some of their Vessels upon their usual Design of Trade, that would relieve and take us in... ...rced in again by contrary Winds, the Sea also going too high for my little Vessel, so I resolved to pursue my first Design and keep along the Shoar. Se...

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...ort got into ships, so the lower rank got into hoys, smacks, lighters, and fishing-boats; and many , especially watermen, lay in their boats; but thos... ... abroad seems to be that it may lie dormant in the spirits or in the blood-vessels a very considerable time. Why else do they exact a quarantine of th... ...touch as a man would be that was infected; and therefore, when any English vessel arrived in foreign countries, if they did take the goods on shore, t... ... good trade from the coast of Suffolk with corn, butter, and cheese; these vessels kept a constant course of trade, and without interruption came up t... ...ldom), and causing the corn- factors immediately to unlade and deliver the vessels loaden with corn, that they had very little occasion to come out of... ...ith corn, that they had very little occasion to come out of their ships or vessels, the money being always carried on board to them and put into a pai...

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...vailing with him. So it was concluded I should return to Boston in the first vessel, with the governor’s letter recommending me to my father. In the m... ...liar, and friendly manner imaginable. About the end of April, 1724, a little vessel offer’d for Boston. I took leave of Keimer as going to see my frie... ...drest plainly; I was seen at no places of idle diversion. I never went out a fishing or shooting; a book, indeed, sometimes debauch’d me from my work,... ...and as his secretary. It was war time, and their ship was chas’d by an armed vessel, suppos’d to be an enemy. Their captain prepar’d for defense; but ... ...severely for stay ing upon deck, and undertaking to assist in defending the vessel, contrary to the principles of Friends, especially as it had not b... ... lad ing, rigging, and sailing of a ship; each has his system; and the same vessel, laden by the judgment and orders of one captain, shall sail bette...

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...r of a family, a farmer, and an of- ficer of Excise, we shall find him out fishing in masquerade, with fox-skin cap, belted great-coat, and great High... ... direc- tions, he would find another outlet and break forth. He missed one vessel after another, and the main work still halted; but so long as he had... ... out of him in the contact with others. He began to find he was an earthen vessel among many vessels of brass; he began to be shrewdly aware that he w... ..., playing chess or tables with a friend in the pavilion, or watching other vessels as they went before the wind.*** Children ran along the bank, as th... ...the miraculous work of God, comforting his afflicted by means of an infirm vessel, I do ac- knowledge, and the power of his most potent hand I will ob...