Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 436
them aboard, and there made them fast. DON Miguels escape. 951 All the old sailors agreed that no human powercould loose that boat without cutting the rope,and that was the problem Miguel must solveto regain his liberty. If the story may be beheved, he did solve it,for, leaving the uncut rope… … with a love for sailors tricks desires to try itfor himself, he can easily do so. All the ma-terials necessary are a piece of cardboard anda thick string, the diagrams show-ing the manner of tying the knots. Fig. I shows a cow-hitch andFig. 2 a clove-hitch. Cut from a piece of cardboardthe form of…
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