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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 393

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r, careshould be used that itdoes not extend be-low the bottom of thelogs. In Figure 4, Ashows the shape ofthe rudder. The bladeshould be about afoot wide at the bot-tom and ten incheshigh. It is fastenedat B and C withscrews through theupright bar, and justabove the rudder blade a hole is made… … it impossible to l)rcak your rudder, for, if youdrag it across a stone or stump in the water,instead of tearing it off, the whole bar willturn over on these rounded ends. By remov-ing the tiller, the rudder is thrust up throughthe hole at G, and a wooden pin, J, is slippedthrough the hole, D. This…

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