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Updated: May 16, 2025
The new boat behaves handsomely, even excelling in speed the lost gig, the oars and sailing-gear of which, luckily saved, have fitted it out complete. Under canvas, with a fair wind, they easily make ten knots an hour; and as they have such a wind for the remainder of the day, are carried into the Beagle Channel without need of wetting an oar.
We cannot doubt that it is admirably suited to its purpose, and the Malays may be proud of having nature as a voucher for their contrivance. We find in another species a still more perfect rigging. These adaptations of structure are full of interest. Nothing can be more admirable than the sailing-gear of these little creatures.
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