He was a smart lad who wrote the following about the s. Conte Verde.—
1s badly' scraped, battered and holed The bottom of the big white liner in places by the rocks on which she Jes. All the cargo in No. 3 hold was jettisoned by the inflow of water and had to be thrown overboard. The in the other holds has been ed, much of it in good condition.
The throwing of cargo overboard after it has been jettisoned is one of the most intricate feats of seamanship and is generally spoken of as bottomry.
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