The Popular recreator. A key to in-door and out-door amusements .. (1873)
London, New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter & Galpin · leaf 273
not yet strongenough to be of much use to us, we stick to our oars foranother quarter of a mile. By this time we think the sailsmay help us, as the wind is a little stronger, and accordingly,having first lowered our centre-plate, we set our canvas asspeedily as possible. 260 THE POPULAR RECREATOR.… … -4pi« ^r^jjf AM compelled to call pro-minent attention to that firstsentence, for thus, involun-tarily, I have touched themainspring of batting. Ofthe special merits of this fullface T can give you one littleillustration, though the sub-ject may perhaps be regardedas hardly worthy of the occa-sion.…
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