RM Ballantyne The Lively Poll
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Author: R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894)
Added by: NicholasHodson
Added Date: 2009-05-11
Language: English
Subjects: Athelstane; Ballantyne; Lively; Poll; pdf; djvu; prc; fb2
Collections: folkscanomy fiction, folkscanomy, additional collections
Pages Count: 134
PPI Count: 600
PDF Count: 2
Total Size: 40.76 MB
PDF Size: 11.01 MB
Extensions: djvu, fb2, gif, pdf, prc, gz, torrent, zip
License: Unknown License
Downloads: 530
Views: 580
Total Files: 16
Media Type: texts
Total Files: 6
Description
To see the transcribed text with images (if possible) use the FB2 version. The scene opens with one of the many North Sea fishing fleets at work on its grounds. One of the boats is commanded by a man who is called the Admiral of the fleet. He commands the other boats as to when and where they are to start working with their trawl nets, for if such control were not imposed there would be chaos, with a hundred or more boats crossing each other's paths and consequently entangling their nets. After a night's fishing the fish are gutted, filleted, and boxed. A steam vessel approaches, and takes their catches, so that they can be landed at the nearest fishing port, such as Yarmouth and Gorleston, and rushed to London and other great cities, to be fresh on tables the following day. But there is another type of vessel that trades with the "Lively Poll" and other ships of that fishing fleet - the Dutch "coper", bringing goods to trade for fish, including tobacco and schnapps, for the Demon Drink is the ruination of many a good man. That is what this book is really all about, the ruination of some men, and the salvation of others, for even out at sea there are missionaries working to try and save souls. First published 1886.
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