98 THE OCEAN 



and destroyed and many lives sacrificed, for 

 it i^s impossible to guard against every danger 

 or to foresee all that may occur, but if we study 

 the statistics we shall find, that compared with 

 the immense number of human beings who 

 yearly sail forth in ships, an insignificant num- 

 ber are lost and that a sea voyage is one of the 

 safest means of travel known. 



