"Manila hemp" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was done, the ends of the steel hawser on board both craft were backed by several thicknesses of best Manila hemp, in order to procure the necessary elasticity and guard against the wire-rope parting when the terrific strain should be put upon it. After this the hemp portion of the tow-rope was secured to bollards on the quarter-decks of both craft, the slack of the hawsers attached ...
— A Chinese Command - A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas • Harry Collingwood |
