Among them was a widow, to whom, for herself and her children, we had offered a large bed, with straw in it, between decks, but which, savage as she was, she had refused, saying she preferred the open air on deck.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
No seaman returning from a voyage of a year, where sailors have no occupation whatever except such work, waits until he gets to port before cleaning his decks.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Pieces of stone and iron came crashing down through the skylights, and rolled heavily about the decks, and strange flashes of fire were reflected from without.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot