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A man on the spritsail yard with the lead, another on the cat-head with a handful of the line coiled up, another in the fore chains, another in the waist, and another in the main chains, each with a quantity of the line coiled away in his hand. ``All ready there, forward? ``Aye, aye, sir! ``He-e-ave! ``Watch! ho! watch! sings out the man on the spritsail yard, and the heavy lead drops into the water. ``Watch! ho! watch! bawls the man on the cat-head, as the last fake of the coil drops from his hand, and ``Watch! ho! watch! is shouted by each one as the line falls from his hold, until it comes to the mate, who tends the lead, and has the line in coils on the quarter-deck.
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