Magnitude of the Merchant Service--Ignorance of its details ashore--Want of information upon the subject--Popularity of sea-fiction--And unreliability of its details--"Master" or "Captain"--Cadet ships--Their value--The way up (ideal) 1 Apprentice difficulties--Sketch of an officer's progress--Looking for a ship--Classification of masters--Range between Atlantic "liner" and foreign-going schooner--Enviable position of the master of a "liner"--Pilots' responsibility--Reliable officers--But the master is emperor--All responsibility centres in him 9…
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