(ix), 320pp, 36 illus, endpaper maps, large format, dw. AJS: To sea in 1900 towards the end of the era of great sailing ships. Theûnames of swift-flowing rivers-the Arno, Avon, Clyde, Elbe, Ems, Erne,ûForth, Lena, Main, Mersey, Moy, Rhine and Rhone were borne by the clipperûships of James Nourse Ltd.