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... boat which here rode upon the sea . These waves were most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall , and each froth - top was a problem in small- boat navigation . The cook squatted in the bottom , and looked with both eyes at the six ...
... boat which here rode upon the sea . These waves were most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall , and each froth - top was a problem in small- boat navigation . The cook squatted in the bottom , and looked with both eyes at the six ...
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... boat had capsized he would have tumbled comfortably out upon the ocean as if he felt sure that it was a great soft mattress . " Look ! There's a man on the shore ! " " Where ? " " There ! See ' im ? See ' im ? " " Yes , sure ! He's ...
... boat had capsized he would have tumbled comfortably out upon the ocean as if he felt sure that it was a great soft mattress . " Look ! There's a man on the shore ! " " Where ? " " There ! See ' im ? See ' im ? " " Yes , sure ! He's ...
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... boat . " Steady now , " said the captain . The men were silent . They turned their eyes from the shore to the comber and waited . The boat slid up the incline , leaped at the furious top , bounced over it , and swung down the long back ...
... boat . " Steady now , " said the captain . The men were silent . They turned their eyes from the shore to the comber and waited . The boat slid up the incline , leaped at the furious top , bounced over it , and swung down the long back ...
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