Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 946
INVENTIONS i BY S. E. FORMAN IV THE BOAT … At first, when a man wanted to cross a deepstream, he was compelled to swim across: Butman at best is a poor swimmer, and it was not longbefore he invented a better method of travelingon water. A log drifting in a stream furnishedthe hint. By resting his body upon the log andplashing with his hands…
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