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... boat appeared in sight , two hundred miles from land . These boats are so famous for their beauty , weatherly qualities , and the skill with which they are sailed , that a word about them may not be out of place . They are all of the ...
... boat appeared in sight , two hundred miles from land . These boats are so famous for their beauty , weatherly qualities , and the skill with which they are sailed , that a word about them may not be out of place . They are all of the ...
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... boat . The pilot is a man of imposing presence and dignified self - possession , clad in broad - cloth , -though of a seafaring cut , with a snowy field of shirt front , and a wide - awake hat . But though thus par- ticular in his ...
... boat . The pilot is a man of imposing presence and dignified self - possession , clad in broad - cloth , -though of a seafaring cut , with a snowy field of shirt front , and a wide - awake hat . But though thus par- ticular in his ...
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... boats in the port of Noo York . In the summer months you'll see us running five hundred miles off the land , to be the ... boat lives on shore always , and goes down the river with all outgoing ships . The vessel drops him at Sandy Hook ...
... boats in the port of Noo York . In the summer months you'll see us running five hundred miles off the land , to be the ... boat lives on shore always , and goes down the river with all outgoing ships . The vessel drops him at Sandy Hook ...
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... boats have both the beam and the depth . You'll seldom hear of an accident to a pilot boat . " " I should think that in fine summer weather you must have rare good times cruising about . " " It's no ways unpleasant . We have an elegant ...
... boats have both the beam and the depth . You'll seldom hear of an accident to a pilot boat . " " I should think that in fine summer weather you must have rare good times cruising about . " " It's no ways unpleasant . We have an elegant ...
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... boats attracted our notice , as essentially different from those at home . They are all screw launches , small and low in the water , but powerful withal . The steersman stands in a glass wheelhouse forward the funnel - the universal ...
... boats attracted our notice , as essentially different from those at home . They are all screw launches , small and low in the water , but powerful withal . The steersman stands in a glass wheelhouse forward the funnel - the universal ...
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