Aboard the Mavis : it is told in this book how five boys and five girls cruise in the schooner "Mavis" about the east end of Long Island, and how, in (1880)
Markham, Richard. · New York : Dodd, Mead, and Co. · leaf 71
om shore, where no ball from a mortar could reach her. Howr dc you mean, about a ball from a mortar ? askedRose. 72 MR. LONG WOOD EXPLAINS. Every life-saving station is furnished with a small mortar,or cannon, said Mr. Longwood. When a ship goes ashore,and the surf is so heavy that a boat cannot be… … CARRYING A LINE ABOARD, THE NEW WAY. is, perhaps, more like a cord than a rope. This cord is coiledby the side of the cannon, and when all is ready the gun is fired.The ball flies through the air over the ship, if all goes well, andthe line drops on the deck. But how does having a line to the ship…
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