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Nothing daunted, the fellow was holding on, his jib-halyards alone having been carried away, and the jib was slashing about under his bows. "By Jupiter! he'll weather on us now, if we don't take care and slip away in the wind's eye," I exclaimed.
Here was a heap of gear stay-sail, and jib-halyards, and other ropes, some of the ends swarming overboard. I hauled in one of these ends, but found I could not clear the raffle; but looking round, I perceived a couple of coils of line spare stun'-sail tacks or halyards I took them to be lying close against the foot of the bowsprit.
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