Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 544
cause the ropeto wind itself around the axle. With each turnof the rope the boat would necessarily be drawnforward and up the stream; so, by the effect ofthe continued winding, it would gradually riseand rise till it reached the place where the cur-rent ceased to exert so much power. There itwould… … fIG. 2. THE BOAT PULLING ITSELF UPSTREAM. work away till the next rapid was reached,when he would start off with his rope and re-peat the operation described above. This process is wearisome with a heavystone-boat, but it struck me, as I watched it, 1102 A BOAT THAT PULLS ITSELF UPSTREAM. that a…
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