Beaver-Hat-Men

beaver1 The sealing schooners, brigs, and sail-craft of the olden times were of every description/. . . Some were of special and local design, and so original in rig and suits of sails for the Ice, as to earn such quaint names as the "Jack-Ass-Brigs" or the"Beaver-Hat-Men"; and a...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/9728
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Summary:beaver1 The sealing schooners, brigs, and sail-craft of the olden times were of every description/. . . Some were of special and local design, and so original in rig and suits of sails for the Ice, as to earn such quaint names as the "Jack-Ass-Brigs" or the"Beaver-Hat-Men"; and almost all of these craft were built by the handy sealers themselves. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DNE-cit G. M. Story JUN 1970 JH JUL 1970 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not used Card is stamped DNE-cit, but its contents are not used. Word form appears in DNE I, but it is not hyphenated.