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The men standing by the falls scuttled forward like rabbits , their bare feet pattering on the deck planking . Strong arms seized me from behind and I was dragged back into the alleyway . That brought me to my senses .
The men standing by the falls scuttled forward like rabbits , their bare feet pattering on the deck planking . Strong arms seized me from behind and I was dragged back into the alleyway . That brought me to my senses .
Page 415
They rigged the usual spar just forward of the break of the poop and one of them drew water from the sea with a canvas bucket and poured it into the wash - deck tub which had been brought aft . From the tub they passed it in wooden ...
They rigged the usual spar just forward of the break of the poop and one of them drew water from the sea with a canvas bucket and poured it into the wash - deck tub which had been brought aft . From the tub they passed it in wooden ...
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... forward to the loafers in the forecastle . That evening the glass fell , and I had a taste of what handling a tall , ticklish clipper in heavy weather with half a crew meant . I had her shortened right down to lower topsails , all I ...
... forward to the loafers in the forecastle . That evening the glass fell , and I had a taste of what handling a tall , ticklish clipper in heavy weather with half a crew meant . I had her shortened right down to lower topsails , all I ...
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