It is well known that the Shetlanders as seamen are very highly prized at ports in the south, such as Liverpool and Shields; and very often a Shipmaster, when desiring a crew, will put into the advertisement 'Shetland men preferred.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
No doubt the men are in some measure to be blamed for this; but there can be no doubt that they would attend for payment at the proper time if the agents and Shipmaster seriously insisted on their doing so.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
Hear a Shipmaster who published his experiences in October last: "On the fourth day we got two tugs and crossed the outer bar and anchored in Baker's Bay, where the ship had to be lightened to twenty feet and six inches draught before she could cross the inner bar and reach Astoria.
"Two Years in Oregon"
Wallis Nash