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The cries of the leadsmen began to rise out of the distance, and were gruffly repeated by the word-passers on the hurricane deck. 'M-a-r-k three!... M-a-r-k three!... Quarter-less three!... Half twain!... Quarter twain!... M-a-r-k twain!... Quarter-less Mr. Bixby pulled two bell-ropes, and was answered by faint jinglings far below in the engine room, and our speed slackened.
Which is not the style of Robert Styles, by as much as three fathom maybe quarter-LESS. Was this Rob Styles? This mustached and stately figure?-A slim enough cub, in my time. 'I should think that dredging out the alligators wouldn't have done much good, because they could come back again right away. 'If you had had as much experience of alligators as I have, you wouldn't talk like that.
It was done by help of a jib. We stirred up much mud, but did not touch the bottom. We turned right around in our tracks a seeming impossibility. We had several casts of quarter-less 5, and one cast of half 4 27 feet; we were drawing 26 astern. By the time we were entirely around and pointed, the first buoy was not more than a hundred yards in front of us.
The cries of the leadsmen began to rise out of the distance, and were gruffly repeated by the word-passers on the hurricane deck. 'M-a-r-k three!.... M-a-r-k three!.... Quarter-less three! .... Half twain! .... Quarter twain! .... M-a-r-k twain! .... Quarter-less Mr. Bixby pulled two bell-ropes, and was answered by faint jinglings far below in the engine room, and our speed slackened.
Which is not the style of Robert Styles, by as much as three fathom maybe quarter-LESS. Was this Rob Styles? This mustached and stately figure?-A slim enough cub, in my time. 'I should think that dredging out the alligators wouldn't have done much good, because they could come back again right away. 'If you had had as much experience of alligators as I have, you wouldn't talk like that.
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