Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 650
d. The mesh-stickswere not so hard,because they weresoft. I mean, be-cause we made themfrom soft wood, al-though hard woodmight be better.My own mesh-stickmakes a mesh a lit-tle less than two inches square. That s a goodsize for a hammock. The beveled edge helps tokeep the meshes even. Pretty soon… … and Bill were at work in the shop where they mend their boats and nets and things, and Bill said it was a good time. So he gave us what he called a hank—I should have called it a skein—of nice white twine, and Tommy and I wound it off into two balls, one for each of us. Then we had to thread our…
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