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From: Bill (no email)
Date: Wed Nov 03 2004 - 23:39:02 EST
> It is fairly common, however, for
> the helmsmen to turn the glass before all the sand has
> run through in order to shorten their watch a little.
> This is called 'swallowing the sand'.
I am not clear about this historically. Were the compasses then filled with
alcohol, and ripe for being tapped for a drink as mentioned months ago in
the list? Could this "swallowing the sand" have been an honest error after
tapping the compass?
Bill
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