Abbott, Samuel, 1864- [from old catalog] · New York, Boni and Liveright · leaf 224
s sea, and for many,many years, but a solitary vessel has furrowed itssurface. So it happened that on a bright day in April, 1848,the Fanny Mason led the way, followed by theFanny Skinner, steering directly for the outlet of theriver Jordan, with awnings spread and colours fly-ing. After a number… … FLAG GOES DOWN THE JORDAN 193 his work early in May. On the morning of the 8thof the month, he constructed a float with a flagstafffitted to it. The next morning, he rowed out in theFanny Skinner and moored this float, with Old Gloryfluttering above it, in eighty fathoms of water. In theafternoon…
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