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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .
IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . [ Continued from Page 404 . 3 ESSAY I . —Of the Egyptians , -Pbamicians , and Assyrian Navigators .
OF the Assyrian Navi gation We have a curious fragment preserved by Herodotus , Clio 194 : " Of all that I saw in ' this country ( Assyria ) , what appeared to me the greatest curiosity were the boats -, these were made of skins . They are constructed in Armenia , where the sides of the vessel being formed of Willow , are covered externally with skins , and having no distinction of head stern modelled
or , are into the shape of a shield . Lining the bottom of these boats With reeds , they take on board then-merchandize , and thus commit themselves to the stream . They have two oars , and one man to each ; the one pulls , the other pushes from him . These boats are of different sizes , and have one or more asses on board . When they arrive at Babylon , they sell their cargo , and every thing belonging to the boat but the skins ; these they " lay on theirasses to carry back , the rapidity of the stream being so great , as to render their ' return b y water impracticable . ''
ESSAY II . —Of the Greeks and Romans , Until the expedition of the Argonauts , about 1253 years before " Christ , the Greeks were extremely ignorant in the art of navigation . Minos , of whose naval powers many of their writers have boasted , had only a fleet of boats , and was utterly unacquainted with the use of sailswhich Dedalus is said to have inventedand by
, , that means to have passed with impunity through the squadron of the Cretan monarch , who beheld him with astonishment , flying as it were oil the waves . Of the many writers who have endeavoured to develope the Argonautic expedition , none has been so successful as Eustathins . He drew his information from an ancient historian , one Charax . The of the
voyage Argonauts , according to that author , was both military and mercantile . Their object was to open the commerce of the Euxniesea , and by making settlements at convenient distances to secure it to themselves . In order to effect this purpose , a fleet and troops were necessary . The armament of the Argonauts was , in effect , composed of several vessels , and they planted colonies in several parts of Colchis : Tin ' s fact is attested by Homer , and other writers . The poets , it i ,- ; true , speak in general -only of the shi p Argo , because , being
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A View Of The Progress Of Navigation.
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION .
IN SEVERAL ESSAYS . [ Continued from Page 404 . 3 ESSAY I . —Of the Egyptians , -Pbamicians , and Assyrian Navigators .
OF the Assyrian Navi gation We have a curious fragment preserved by Herodotus , Clio 194 : " Of all that I saw in ' this country ( Assyria ) , what appeared to me the greatest curiosity were the boats -, these were made of skins . They are constructed in Armenia , where the sides of the vessel being formed of Willow , are covered externally with skins , and having no distinction of head stern modelled
or , are into the shape of a shield . Lining the bottom of these boats With reeds , they take on board then-merchandize , and thus commit themselves to the stream . They have two oars , and one man to each ; the one pulls , the other pushes from him . These boats are of different sizes , and have one or more asses on board . When they arrive at Babylon , they sell their cargo , and every thing belonging to the boat but the skins ; these they " lay on theirasses to carry back , the rapidity of the stream being so great , as to render their ' return b y water impracticable . ''
ESSAY II . —Of the Greeks and Romans , Until the expedition of the Argonauts , about 1253 years before " Christ , the Greeks were extremely ignorant in the art of navigation . Minos , of whose naval powers many of their writers have boasted , had only a fleet of boats , and was utterly unacquainted with the use of sailswhich Dedalus is said to have inventedand by
, , that means to have passed with impunity through the squadron of the Cretan monarch , who beheld him with astonishment , flying as it were oil the waves . Of the many writers who have endeavoured to develope the Argonautic expedition , none has been so successful as Eustathins . He drew his information from an ancient historian , one Charax . The of the
voyage Argonauts , according to that author , was both military and mercantile . Their object was to open the commerce of the Euxniesea , and by making settlements at convenient distances to secure it to themselves . In order to effect this purpose , a fleet and troops were necessary . The armament of the Argonauts was , in effect , composed of several vessels , and they planted colonies in several parts of Colchis : Tin ' s fact is attested by Homer , and other writers . The poets , it i ,- ; true , speak in general -only of the shi p Argo , because , being