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The crew of the Swash was large for a half - rigged brig of only two hundred tons , but , as her spars were very square , and all her gear as well as her mould seemed constructed for speed , it was probable more hands than common were ...
The crew of the Swash was large for a half - rigged brig of only two hundred tons , but , as her spars were very square , and all her gear as well as her mould seemed constructed for speed , it was probable more hands than common were ...
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The register proved that the brig had been built as far back as the last English war , as a private cruiser , but recent and extensive repairs had made her “ better than new , ” her owner insisted , and there was no question as to her ...
The register proved that the brig had been built as far back as the last English war , as a private cruiser , but recent and extensive repairs had made her “ better than new , ” her owner insisted , and there was no question as to her ...
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... well - dressed , middle - aged man had come down one of the adjacent streets , to a spot within a hundred yards of the wharf , and stood silently watching the movements of the brig , as he leaned against a fence .
... well - dressed , middle - aged man had come down one of the adjacent streets , to a spot within a hundred yards of the wharf , and stood silently watching the movements of the brig , as he leaned against a fence .
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The brig receded from the wharf , almost in a line at right angles to its face , inch by inch , as it might be , dropping slowly up with the tide at the same time . Mulford now passed forward to set the jibs , and to get the topsail on ...
The brig receded from the wharf , almost in a line at right angles to its face , inch by inch , as it might be , dropping slowly up with the tide at the same time . Mulford now passed forward to set the jibs , and to get the topsail on ...
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Forward , the Swash showed all the cloth of a full - rigged brig , even to royals and flying jib ; while aft , her mast was the raking , tall , naked pole of an American schooner . There was a taunt topmast , too , to which a gaff ...
Forward , the Swash showed all the cloth of a full - rigged brig , even to royals and flying jib ; while aft , her mast was the raking , tall , naked pole of an American schooner . There was a taunt topmast , too , to which a gaff ...
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