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As he spoke, several spots of rain fell, and I glanced up at the sky. It had become thickly clouded. "Looks as if it were going to breeze up," I said. "Yes," he replied. "We'll be shortenin' 'er down 'fore long." "May be an all-hands job," I remarked. "Yes," he answered again. "'Twon't be no use their turnin' in, if it is."
Soon as eight bells was made in the morning watch, the old man called all hands aft. “Men,” he said, “I’ve got an all-hands job for you this forenoon.” “Mr. Mate,” he cried, “get all hands on to the main-tops’l halliards and bowse the sail stiff up and down.” So they passed along the halliards, and took the turns off, and old John Chantyman piped up
The Island Princess was pitching more fiercely than ever now, and while I watched the lantern swing and toss before I went to sleep, I heard old Blodgett saying something about squalls and cross seas. There was not much rest for us that night. No sooner had I hauled the blankets to my chin and closed my eyes, than a shout came faintly down to us, "All-hands on deck!"
And we were glad enough to get this rest; for under the ``all-hands'' system, out of every other thirty-six hours we had only four below; and even an hour's sleep was a gain not to be neglected. One would have thought so to have seen our watch some nights, sleeping through a heavy rain.
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