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We required a good-sized auger with which to bore the necessary holes in the ship's bottom, and some soft wood out of which to fashion plugs wherewith to plug up those holes until the proper moment should arrive for withdrawing them and letting the water into the hull.
There are beautiful lakes full of the rarest aquatic plants, from the great Egyptian lotus, whose leaves are large and strong enough to hold up a good-sized child, and all kinds of smaller plants, but jest as beautiful; indeed, there is everything rare and lovely in that display that ever grew in water or on land, and they make it one of the most beautiful places of the hull Exposition.
One tree is more than twenty-five feet in circumference; at about five feet from the ground it divides into four portions, and forms as many good-sized trunks. For more than an hour we rested beneath these ancient monuments of the vegetable world.
It was late in the afternoon when the signal of a vessel in sight had been given, and by the time we reached the mouth of the river, it was nearly sunset. The ship, which was a good-sized bark, lay quietly at anchor near the middle of the gulf, about twelve miles distant, with a small American flag flying at her peak.
We grew along up, in that plodding and peaceful region, and got to be good-sized boys and girls big enough, in fact, to begin to know as much about the wars raging perpetually to the west and north of us as our elders, and also to feel as stirred up over the occasional news from these red fields as they did. I remember certain of these days very clearly.
He reported that they were far from small craft; two or three were good-sized frigates, and the rest were of a considerable burden. "So much the better," said Captain Benbow. "It will induce them to attack us; we must do our best to send them to the bottom one after the other." The merchantman having proceeded on her course to the west, the Ruby continued standing on to the westward.
Before she could decide whether to charge or retreat, a good-sized stick descended upon her back with a "whack" that settled the question. Captain Cy had reached the scene of battle. Then the rescuer's courage seemed to desert her, for she ran back to the cemetery even faster than she had run from it.
If Mat had a source of vanity deeper than another, it was of this above-mentioned article; and this, too, was so well known of him, that most of his presents consisted of handkerchiefs. He had, among his deposits, a good-sized box full of these useful and ornamental inventions.
Their father comes in, carrying several good-sized pieces fire-wood. How late you are, James, says GRANDFATHER, and how tired you look. I am tired, answers FATHER. He lifts the lid of the wood-box, and throws in the wood with a great clatter.
"After that we had fun alive," added the captain; and Marcy was surprised to see him put his hand into the pocket of his overcoat and bring out a good-sized canvas bag which was filled so full of something heavy that it would not hold any more.
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