Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 138
and tighten it, so thereis no slack; then they prop it up high above thesurf by means of a wooden crotch, so it makes akind of rope bridge between the vessel and theshore. Then the surf-men send out the breeches-buoy— a pair of big canvas knee-breeches, madewater-tight, and with an air-filled roll… … RESTING NE.\R THE LONG W.^LK. Oh, I know all about that! Dallas inter- the drill with great deliberation. Thev did not jected. ■ I read about that in a magazine one make it in the least dramatic. But these same winter. And there was a picture of the men draw- men, who lounged through the…
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