The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes (1912)
Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 24
e-ful when carrying the ship along. The summer days were passing quickly to the children, and Captain Hawesinsisted that they must hurry and learn to swim, and with Patseys help theywere at it daily. After the first cautious wadings and splashing they enjoyed itimmensely, and before the summer was… … THE LOG BOOM THE two children, under the Captains instruction, learned to row, after afashion, though the oars of the sharpey were rather heavy for them, and some-times would catch in the water with disconcerting results. The Captain called itcatching a crab. But it was all great fun, in spite of…
Sailing · Seashore
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