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<imfort of the crew. Nor should the Scotchshipbuilders overlook any longer that the Americans haveeconomized in ship labor \ery materially by the use ofpatent blocks, patent trusses, and, more particularly, insteering gear. It gives cause for reflection to observe how, on boardthese mammoth… … three and e\en four men at the helm, tugging to get itup, or pulley-hauling to get it down, exposed on the deckto sou-westers and painted can\as frocks, while theirfaces arc cut to pieces by salt spray that the wind sendsdrifting along the deck. The building of clippers, if not originated by,…
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