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Updated: June 12, 2025
This suburb was largely occupied by persons engaged in navigation, or connected with boat-building, or by day-laborers, representing among them many nationalities. The winter of which I am writing was one of unusual stagnation in business and a hard one for the poor to get over. In the nervously susceptible state of my mind at this time, this ravine became a serious discomfort.
A citizen of Charleston in 1821 called for eight good black carpenters on weekly or monthly wages, and in 1825 a blacksmith and wheel-wright of the same city offered to take black apprentices. In many cases whites and blacks worked together in the same employ, as in a boat-building yard on the Flint River in 1836, and in a cotton mill at Athens, Georgia, in 1839.
In front of Hayes's house was hung the Leonora's bell, and at noon and at six in the evening, when it was struck, the whole of the people who toiled at the oil-making and boat-building would hurry away with loud clamour for their meals.
If they be the same, and if they should come on shore by the kitchen midden, then small hope of more boat-building, and, as is only too likely, small hope of life for the builders. One chance alone now prevents the castaways from yielding to utter despair the savages may pass on without landing. In that case they cannot be seen, nor will their presence there be suspected.
Farming operations, boat-building, and flour-milling are carried on extensively at the fort, and a blacksmith's forge is also kept going. My business with the officer in charge of Edmonton was soon concluded.
Ebo would have found some very soon, I have no doubt." "Then I must find some without him, uncle," I said. "I shall go hunting for it whenever I am not busy boat-building."
"There you have your wet clout back again!" cried a laughing voice. But the same instant Jack's eyes were opened and he saw a whole boat-building establishment on the sea-shore. And, there, ready and rigged out on the bright water, lay an Ottring, so long and shapely and shining that his eyes could not feast on it enough. The old 'un blinked with satisfaction.
To the exercise of mechanical ingenuity in improving the art of boat-building, he added uncommon skill in the use of the bow and arrow, and had assembled all the varieties of those instruments that could be procured from different countries. He appears to have possessed in an unusual degree, the power of suddenly ingratiating himself with those who conversed with him.
Curly soon had both his head and his hands quite occupied with boat-building. Every afternoon, now, the moment dinner was over, Alec set off for the workshop, and did not return till eight o'clock, or sometimes later. Mrs Forbes did not at all relish this change in his habits; but she had the good sense not to interfere.
The use of a classed catalog, with its index, is easily comprehended, and there are many whole classes of books which these children will enjoy knowing about; boys, I should say, perhaps, for it is the pages containing electricity, photography, boat-building, and hunting, which are worn and crumpled.
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