The best pole-chains are those one end of which is fastened to a langet - frequently called a bridle - which slips over the end of the pole-hook, and fits into its place at the end of the polehead, the other end of the pole-chain having a long hook.

But, Eleazar, afterwards!—to pass / Through the blank spaces of a changeless night, / Meeting, it may be, only ghosts that point / To the deep wounds our murdering hands have given, / That glare with menacing looks, and mock and gibe / Our miserable doom, swept by fierce winds / Unto the bourne of desolatest night!

Now, the aim of the design is to extract more cycles from the component under study, at each new engine generation requirements are driving a reduction in the margin for the error, as parts cannot stand any drop in properties. Thus, the lifing procedures are refined by means of new models or additional specific testing for limiting features to increase the life of the components; […]

The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.