Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 326
SHORTENED SAIL. The wind increased again and the barometerfell, and soon we were in the midst of a howl-ing gale again, only a much worse one than 1903.] A FOUR-THOUSAND-MILE RACE. 835 … LOOKING ASTERN FROM THE BOWSPRIT. the other. A sudden puff struck us at eightbells in the mid-watch, wrenching loose themain-sheet, causing the mainsail to flap with anoise like a peal of thunder, and we expectedto see it ripped into shreds every minute. Wehad a serious time taking in sail during…
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