anchor-ropes

Updated: October 13, 2025

Squall after squall had dashed the rain upon my verandas during the night, and I could faintly hear the voices of the men on the schooners as they strove to fend their vessels from the coral embankment, or hauled at anchor-ropes to get more sea-room.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.