Shanghaiing p.27

[Steve Lindsay]

> From the Gelb bio:  Crimping "involved a conscious, if
>somewhat muddled sailor; he was obliged to sign over his future pay to the
>boardinghouse operator before his gear was released to him.  Shanghaiing
>consisted of putting a thoroughly drunk--or knocked out--sailor aboard an
>undermanned vessel, in return for payment from the ship's master and
>whatever cash the sailor could be robbed of."  Or something to that effect.
> Comments?
>
>davemarc
>

Shanghaiing seems to be mentioned on p.27- St Foux's vessel is called *La
Changhaienne*