THE SAILOR'S HAMMOCK
A hammock is pleasant for a jun mer afternoon's snooze in the garden but for a sailor it is often his bed a: the 3'ear round. It swings free be tween decks and can be easily ed away. Sailor* first obtained the idea froi the. Indians, of America 4,")() year ago. The .sailors, of Christopher Col umbus lound that the natives of tr West Indies used a suspended ne made of fibre for sleeping in an called it a hamaca. Hamacas soo became popular with sailors everj where.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 20, 2 November 1945, Page 6
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91THE SAILOR'S HAMMOCK Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 20, 2 November 1945, Page 6
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