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That night they encamped on the banks of the river, for their progress had been slow, owing to sundry visits which had to be paid to settlers on the way down. "Well, now," observed the sailor, as he stood by the camp-fire smoking his pipe contemplatively, "I find that as circumstances change about in this world men's minds are apt to go 'bout-ship along wi' them."
"Now, Archie, boy, the upshot o' my cogitations is that with a light breeze on our starboard quarter, a clear sky overhead, an' a clear conscience within, you and I had better hold on our course for a little longer, and see whether we can't overhaul the runners. If we succeed, good and well. If not, why, 'bout-ship, and homeward-bound is the sailin' orders. What say 'ee, lad?"
The wind, on our return trip, was still westerly, and consequently against us; so I had no reason to complain of any lack of instruction in seamanship on this part of the voyage. It was "tacks and sheets" "mainsail haul" and "bout-ship" "down anchor" as the tide changed, and "up with it!" again, when the flood or ebb was in our favour all the way from the Mouse Light to Beachy Head!
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