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large/3098/sea-witch_0903_librivox_64kb_mp3/sea-witch_01_ballou_64kb
English
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Fifty well drilled men, thorough sea dogs, can turn a five hundred ton ship "inside out," if the controlling mind understands his position on the quarter deck. FIFTY WELL DRILLED MEN THOROUGH SEA DOGS CAN TURN A FIVE HUNDRED TON SHIP INSIDE OUT IF THE CONTROLLING MIND UNDERSTANDS HIS POSITION ON THE QUARTER DECK
 explained? Suddenly the mizzen royal disappeared, followed by the top-gallant sail, topsail, and cross-jack courses, seeming to melt away under the eye like a misty veil, while, almost in a moment of time, there appeared a spanker, gaff topsail and gaff top-gallantsail in their place, while the vessel still held on her course. A moment later, and the royal top-gallantsail, topsail and mainsail disappear from the main mast, upon which appears a regular fore and aft suit of canvass, consisting of mainsail, gaff topsail, and gaff top-gallantsail, reducing the vessel to a square rig forward, and a plain fore and aft rig aft. A few minutes more, and the foremast passed through the same metamorphose, leaving the "Sea Witch" a three-masted schooner, with fore and aft sails on every mast and every stay. All this had been accomplished with a celerity that showed the crew to be no strangers to the manouvres through which they had just passed, each man requiring to work with marked intelligence.  THE RESULT THAT FOLLOWED BE EXPLAINED SUDDENLY THE MIZZEN ROYAL DISAPPEARED FOLLOWED BY THE TOP GALLANT SAIL TOPSAIL AND CROSS JACK COURSES SEEMING TO MELT AWAY UNDER THE EYE LIKE A MISTY VEIL WHILE ALMOST IN A MOMENT OF TIME THERE APPEARED A SPANKER GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL IN THEIR PLACE WHILE THE VESSEL STILL HELD ON HER COURSE A MOMENT LATER AND THE ROYAL TOP GALLANTSAIL TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL DISAPPEAR FROM THE MAIN MAST UPON WHICH APPEARS A REGULAR FORE AND AFT SUIT OF CANVASS CONSISTING OF MAINSAIL GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL REDUCING THE VESSEL TO A SQUARE RIG FORWARD AND A PLAIN FORE AND AFT RIG AFT A FEW MINUTES MORE AND THE FOREMAST PASSED THROUGH THE SAME METAMORPHOSE LEAVING THE SEA WITCH A THREE MASTED SCHOONER WITH FORE AND AFT SAILS ON EVERY MAST AND EVERY STAY ALL THIS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH A CELERITY THAT SHOWED THE CREW TO BE NO STRANGERS TO THE MANEUVERS THROUGH WHICH THEY HAD JUST PASSED EACH MAN REQUIRING TO WORK WITH MARKED INTELLIGENCE
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