NAUTICAL CURIOSITIES: A BOOK OF THE SEA by Terry Breverton. "A miscellany of the Sea and all things nautical" reads the dust jacket and truly, ALL You might want to know of this subject. Not intersted in all areas, but some of this is fascinating, particularly how many of our phrases originated from sailing times , like "Under the Weather", "As the Crow Flies", "Son of a Gun" and "Bite the Bullet". Sadly, chapters of shipboard discipline, the slave trade and the effect we are having on our planet and its resources just make me blue. Saddens me how destructive a species we can be
