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A quoin is a solid which differs from a wedge in having its sharp end formed by the steep inclination of one side, instead of the mutual tapering of both sides. The lower subdivided part, called the junk, is one immense honeycomb of oil, formed by the crossing and recrossing, into ten thousand infiltrated cells, of tough elastic white fibres throughout its whole extent.
"Wait till the fools know what I know just wait!" I entered the fo'cas'le, through the port doorway, and went across to my chest, and sat down. I felt angry and tired, and miserable. Quoin and Plummer were sitting close by, playing cards, and smoking. Stubbins lay in his bunk, watching them, and also smoking.
There was a strong indraught of a knot an hour into Spencer's Gulf. Kangaroo Island has no remarkable features; whilst Althorpe and Quoin islands are sufficiently striking to be recognized by anyone who has once seen them.
They were mounted on wooden truck carriages and were given elevation by handspikes applied under the breech, a quoin or a wedge shaped piece of wood being pushed in to hold the breech up in position. They were trained by handspikes with the aid of side-tackle and their recoil was limited by a stout rope, called the breeching, the ends of which were secured to the sides of the ship.
Paul, standing there in the darkness, whispered this many times as if struck with awe by it, and indeed the boy wondered, and thought it an inspiration. 'That is poetry, said Paul 'I am a poet a poet a poet! He fell on his knees, with his face on his hands in the open quoin drawer, feeling as if he had uttered a blasphemy.
He lapsed into silence, and smoked. "I carn't understand 'ow it is ther Second Mate didn't 'appen to spot it," Quoin said, in a puzzled voice. It seemed to me that Plummer nudged him to be quiet. It looked as if Plummer shared the Second Mate's opinion, and the idea made me savage. But Stubbins's next remark drew my attention. "I don't hunderstand it," he said, again; speaking with deliberation.
We neared the crosstrees, and the Old Man stopped and sung out to me to pass him the lantern by Quoin. A few ratlines more, and both he and the Second Mate stopped almost simultaneously, holding their lanterns as high as possible, and peered up into the darkness. "See any signs of him, Mr. Tulipson?" the Old Man asked. "No, Sir," replied the Second. "Not a sign." He raised his voice.
Dropping down the channel with a light air from the westward, and a boat in advance sounding, no impediment occurred after passing the sands extending off Observation Island, as a fine deep channel of six and eight fathoms followed the western side of Quoin Island, and the long sand stretching off its north end.
By its light we could see, plainly; but there was no vestige of Stubbins, so far as the light went. "Get out on to the yard-arms with those flares, you two men," shouted the Skipper. "Be smart now! Keep them away from the sail!" The men got on to the foot-ropes Quoin on the port, and Jaskett on the starboard side.
"Eh?" said old Jaskett, over his pannikin of tea. Quoin repeated his remark. "'oo says so?" inquired Plummer. "I 'eard it from ther Doc," answered Quoin, "'e got it from ther Stooard." "'ow would 'ee know?" asked Plummer. "I dunno," said Quoin. "I 'spect 'e's 'eard 'em talkin' 'bout it arft." Plummer turned to me. "'ave you 'eard anythin', Jessop?" he inquired. "What, about shortening down?"
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