Joseph Conrad published by DemoPublisher
History, Bio & Memoir
published 535 days ago
about 61437 words

Landfall and Departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman’s life and of a ship’s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship’s earthly fate.
A “Departure” is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term “Landfall” is more easily understood; you fall in with the land, and it is a matter of a quick eye and of a clear atmosphere. The Departure is not the ship’s going away from her port any more than the Landfall can be looked upon as the synonym of arrival. But there is this difference in the Departure: that the term does not imply so much a sea event as a definite act entailing a process—the precise observation of certain landmarks by means of the compass card.

Chap. #	Title	# Words
1	I.	599
2	II.	1274
3	III.	1395
4	IV.	670
5	V.	1797
6	VI.	780
7	VII.	956
8	VIII.	1715
9	IX.	1392
10	X.	717
11	XI.	1276
12	XII.	1302
13	XIII.	608
14	XIV.	1476
15	XV.	1494
16	XVI.	856
17	XVII.	707
18	XVIII.	690
19	XIX.	726
20	XX.	461
21	XXI.	1000
22	XXII.	734
23	XXIII.	1548
24	XXIV.	543
25	XXV.	476
26	XXVI.	1582
27	XXVII.	1824
28	XXVIII.	1632
29	XXIX.	1281
30	XXX.	850
31	XXXI.	2076
32	XXXII.	1633
33	XXXIII.	1832
34	XXXIV.	2428
35	XXXV.	2592
36	XXXVI.	3922
37	XXXVII.	820
38	XXXVIII.	421
39	XXXIX.	878
40	XL.	609
41	XLI.	1237
42	XLII.	962
43	XLIII.	1937
44	XLIV.	2126
45	XLV.	1989
46	XLVI.	628
47	XLVII.	1184
48	XLVIII.	1053
49	XLIX.	749