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Alongside he had a hundred or more of empty barrels which he was sinking under the sides by hauling them down with a line under the bottom of the vessel. He did the work partly with his windlass worked by steam, and he had lifted the bow of the Teaser at least three feet out of water. Captain Folkner expatiated with enthusiasm on his plan, and explained the details to the lieutenant.
Captain Folkner was silent for a moment, during which Christy thought he must have obtained a new idea, for it looked as though he had not thought of the working of the screw after all his flotation schemes had been successful. "I reckon the propeller will have hold enough on the water to make her go right along, Gilder.
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