Captain Arthur David LINKLATER, Master Mariner. 1879-1955

Arthur David Linklater was my grandfather. He was always known in the family as Dum - see ‘Biography.’ This page is called DUM. Return here to navigate. Navigation here being less of an exact science than it was in Dum's day, the links steer you only in a general direction - plane sailing rather than Sumner lines. There is a detailed BIOGRAPHY CONTENTS PAGE to assist with the Biography, with page by page links. To see the bulk of the Dum's ‘Journal’ you need to LOG IN as an approved, registered user. The Journal has its own detailed JOURNAL CONTENTS PAGE as well as each page being linked to its neighbours.

“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.” Samuel Johnson