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Page 390
... boat down to the water . Using a piece of driftwood about five inches in diameter , we gradually moved it out to- ward the breakers . Handling a boat in breakers at low tide . is always more dangerous than at high . When we were about ...
... boat down to the water . Using a piece of driftwood about five inches in diameter , we gradually moved it out to- ward the breakers . Handling a boat in breakers at low tide . is always more dangerous than at high . When we were about ...
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... boat rigged with a lateen sail and went off to fish for pearls . I Mine was a light - draft Arab craft that could skim across the reefs at high tide . Four Somali sailors made up my crew . planned to pick up Sudanese pearl divers after ...
... boat rigged with a lateen sail and went off to fish for pearls . I Mine was a light - draft Arab craft that could skim across the reefs at high tide . Four Somali sailors made up my crew . planned to pick up Sudanese pearl divers after ...
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... boat this rope is hitched to a large capstan , and the men who formerly towed now come aboard and turn the capstan in a merry - go - round fashion until the boat is finally raised to a level above the rapids . This process must be ...
... boat this rope is hitched to a large capstan , and the men who formerly towed now come aboard and turn the capstan in a merry - go - round fashion until the boat is finally raised to a level above the rapids . This process must be ...
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Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
Admiral Byrds Second | 105 |
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