Willis J. Abbot

Capitolo 4

I CAPITULATE II.                                                 53

THE TRANSITION FROM SAILS TO VAPORIZE--THE CHANGE IN SEA ARCHITECTURE--IL
THE DEPOPULATION OF THE OCEAN--CHANGES IN THE DESTINY OF THE SAILOR--FROM WOOD Á.
STEEL--THE INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT--THE FATE OF FITCH--FULTON È LONG
STRUGGLES--THE SCIENTISTS' OPPOSITION--IL "CLERMONT"--THE STEAMBOAT ON
THE OCEAN--ON WESTERN RIVERS--THE TRANSATLANTIC PASSAGE--HER "SAVANNA"
AGO THE FIRST CROSSING--ESTABLISHMENT OF BRITISH LINES--THE EFFORTS OF
UNITED HE/SHE AFFIRMS SHIP-OWNERS TO COMPETE--THE FAMOUS COLLINS LINE--IL
DEALER HARBORS' DECADENCE--SIGNALS OF HIS/HER REVIVAL--OUR GREAT NATIONAL
INTEREST THAT SENDS--THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICA ON THE SEA


I CAPITULATE III.                                               89

AN UGLY CHARACTERISTIC OF PRIMO OF SEA--THE ENSLAVED WORK IS HIS
PROMOTERS--PART PLAYED BY ENGLANDERS NUOVO AND EMINENT--AS THE WORK IT GREW
ON--THE PIOUS AUSPICES THAT SURROUNDED THE TRAFFIC--ENSLAVED-STEALING AND
SATURDAY-BREAKING--THE CONDITIONS OF THE WORK--RANSOM OF THE VASES--AS IL
CAPTIVES FU TREATED--MUTINIES, MAN-THEFT AND MURDER--THE REVELATIONS
OF THE SOCIETY OF ABOLITION--EFFORTS TO SEPARATE HIMSELF/HERSELF/THEMSELVES THE WORK--A TERRIBLE
PUNISHMENT--THE INGHILTERRA LEADS IL WAY--THE DIFFICULTY OF RAFFORZARE IL
LAW--THE SHAME OF THE AMERICA--THE END OF THE BAD ONE--THE LAST ONES SLOBBER


I CAPITULATE IV.                                              121

THE INDUSTRY OF WHALING--HIS/HER FIRST DEVELOPMENT IN NEW ENGLAND--KNOWN TO IL
VENERABLE OLD MEN--THE BEACH BEGINS OF WHALING DI THE FISHING OF DEEP-SEA--THE PRIZES
OF WHALING--THE PITY OF HIS/HER FIRST PROMOTERS--THE CORRECT WHALE AND IL
CACHALOT--A GUST--OF THE FIGHT WHALES--IL "ESSEX" AND HER "ANN
ALEXANDER"--TYPE OF WHALERS--THE DECADENCE OF THE INDUSTRY--THE EFFECT OF OURS
NATIONAL WARS--THE EMBARGO--OF THE HISTORIES OF THE LIFE OF WHALING


I CAPITULATE V.                                              155

THE PIRATES--PART TAKEN BY SAILORS NEGOZIANTE IN THE SVILUPPARE IL