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If the reed-cutter had lost his boat, he would have been as completely isolated from all communication with town or village as if his place of abode had been a light-vessel instead of a cottage.

Armadale 2003

But every upward send emptied the noble little craft, like pulling out a plug in a wash-basin, and in a few minutes we were again alongside the light-vessel.

Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor

The only danger in the way is a shoal or reef, bearing the strange name of the "Sow and Pigs": on it, however, there is a light-vessel, so that it may be safely passed, even at night.

Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. G. F. Davidson

The new relieving light-vessel is now stationed at Channel Rock, and, as she was provided with a new and complete equipment, no outlay will be necessary for her maintenance for some time.

Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 Australia. Queensland. Department of Ports and Harbours

We had barely enough coals to take us back to Nassau, and if we had remained dodging about, waiting for the light-vessel to be replaced, we should have been worse off for fuel, of which we had so little that if we had been chased on our way back we should certainly have been captured.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

When it was dark we steered for the light-vessel off Port Royal, meaning, as before, to make her our point of departure for the entrance of the river.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

After two days 'run from Nassau we arrived without accident to within twenty miles of the low land through which the Savannah river runs, and at dark steered for the light-vessel lying off Port Royal.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

Resolved, that the committee of claims enquire into the expediency of allowing the claims of Edward S. White, the keeper of the New Point light-house, and of the captain and crew of the Wolf-trap light-vessel, for services rendered by them from the 1st January 1861 until the said light-house and light-vessel were taken from their possession.

Journal of the House of Delegates, of the State of Virginia, for the Adjourned Session, 1863 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1862

A bill for the relief of George Cross and Elizabeth Cross, keeper and assistant keeper of the Craney island light-vessel.

Journal of the House of Delegates, of the State of Virginia, for the Adjourned Session, 1863 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1862

A bill for the relief of Edward S. White, keeper of the New Point light-house, and of the captain and crew of the Wolfe-Trap light-vessel.

Journal of the House of Delegates, of the State of Virginia, for the Adjourned Session, 1863 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1862