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"Avast there! That won't do at all!" shouted Uncle Ben. "You are all snarled up, and we must have it done shipshape." He seated himself on the after thwart, after he had required them to boat their oars, and proceeded to show them how to pick them up. He went forward, and repeated the movement. AVAST THERE THAT WON'T DO AT ALL SHOUTED UNCLE BEN YOU ARE ALL SNARLED UP AND WE MUST HAVE IT DONE SHIP SHAPE HE SEATED HIMSELF ON THE AFTER THWART AFTER HE HAD REQUIRED THEM TO BOTH THEIR OARS AND PROCEEDED TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PICK THEM UP HE WENT FORWARD AND REPEATED THE MOVEMENT
id the coxswain in a commanding tone. "At this order, you will pick up your oars, and hold them up straight, with the blades athwartships, or across the boat," the instructor explained. "If the boat were at a landing, or alongside another boat, the two bowmen and the two stroke oarsmen would not do as the others do; for it would be their duty to shove off, and get the boat under way. Now you may try it; but don't hurry. Give the order again, Frank. Stand up this time, so that you can see the whole length of the boat." The coxswain rose from his seat; and having no little natural dignity, he did it very gracefully, and was not at all flurried. "Up oars!" said he very slowly, pausing between the words. All hands made a dive, as it were, at the oars, and stood them up as required. But they hit each other in the back, rapped others on the head, elevated the oars so that there was neither order nor symmetry in the movement, and they were straggling as many different ways as there were boys.  IT FOR YOU DON'T KNOW HOW UP OARS SAID THE COXSWAIN IN A COMMANDING TONE AT THIS ORDER YOU WILL PICK UP YOUR OARS AND HOLD THEM UP STRAIGHT WITH THE BLADES ATHWART SHIPS OR ACROSS THE BOAT THE INSTRUCTOR EXPLAINED IF THE BOAT WERE AT A LANDING OR ALONGSIDE ANOTHER BOAT THE TWO BOWMEN AND THE TWO STROKE OARSMEN WOULD NOT DO AS THE OTHERS DO FOR IT WOULD BE THEIR DUTY TO SHOVE OFF AND GET THE BOAT UNDER WAY NOW YOU MAY TRY IT BUT DON'T HURRY GIVE THE ORDER AGAIN FRANK STAND UP THIS TIME SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE BOAT THE COXSWAIN ROSE FROM HIS SEAT AND HAVING NO LITTLE NATURAL DIGNITY HE DID IT VERY GRACEFULLY AND WAS NOT AT ALL FLURRIED UP OARS SAID HE VERY SLOWLY PAUSING BETWEEN THE WORDS ALL HANDS MADE A DIVE AS IT WERE AT THE OARS AND STOOD THEM UP AS REQUIRED BUT THEY HIT EACH OTHER IN THE BACK WRAPPED OTHERS ON THE HEAD ELEVATED THE OARS SO THAT THERE WAS NEITHER ORDER NOR SYMMETRY IN THE MOVEMENT AND THEY WERE STRAGGLING AS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS AS THERE WERE BOYS
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