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Then turning towards the stern of the canoe, where Massan stood erect, with his steering paddle ready for action, he said to that worthy "Now, Massan, all ready; give the word." "Ho, ho, boys; forward!"
Swiftly and silently she pushed a canoe into the water at the landing, stepped in, and with one deep dip of a paddle sent the frail craft out to midstream. She did not turn her head for a farewell glance toward the post, but set her face toward the way that led to the Pays d'en Haut and the man who journeyed thither.
If you notice the direction of his bill as it enters the water, you can tell fairly well about where he will come up again. It was confusing at first, in chasing him, to find that he rarely came up where he was expected. I would paddle hard in the direction he was going, only to find him far to the right or left, or behind me, when at last he showed himself.
When it settles there of itself it is another matter." "Like a butterfly!" exclaimed the enraged Bickley. "Yes, if you like to put it that way, though the simile seems a very poor one; like a sunbeam would be better." Here Bickley gave way with his paddle so vigorously that the canoe was as nearly as possible upset into the lake.
Guy sat slightly in front of the stern, keeping the canoe straight with an occasional touch of the paddle, for the velocity of the current made labor unnecessary, and close behind him was Sir Arthur, holding the flaring torch that lit up the water for a short distance ahead and served to guide the second canoe, which was only a few yards behind.
He yelled rather than sang this at the top of his tuneful voice, and waved his hand as the sharp craft shot away over the sea. Fortunately the sea was calm, for it was growing dark when they reached the shores of Borneo and entered the mouth of a small stream, up which they proceeded to paddle. The banks of the stream were clothed with mangrove trees.
He traveled all around, till at last he came to the place from whence he started. Then he commenced drinking up the water, and they saw the current fast setting in towards his open mouth. The leader encouraged them to paddle hard for the opposite shore.
Try as you may, you don't get down as you would from a horse, you get down as you would from a house afire. You make a spectacle of yourself every time. During the eight days I took a daily lesson an hour and a half. At the end of this twelve working-hours' apprenticeship I was graduated in the rough. I was pronounced competent to paddle my own bicycle without outside help.
He rested one arm upon his little raft, and with the other he wielded a small paddle which sent him along easily. As it nears Cincinnati the Ohio narrows and deepens, and the banks rise more abruptly. Henry kept close to the southern shore, his body often touching the soft earth. Fortunately the bushes grew thickly, even on the steep cliff, to the water's edge.
At shoulder-depth he overtook the canoe and clung to its stern. "Go up forward, Little Peachey," he cried, "an' sit mighty still till I swing in, else we'll be swimmin' in another minute. There!" And drawing himself up over the stern, he seized the paddle, while the canoe leaped forward beneath his powerful strokes.
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