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"Now we will begin again," said Uncle Ben. "If you do it well, we will go on. NOW WE WILL BEGIN AGAIN SAID UNCLE BEN IF YOU DO IT WELL WE WILL GO ON
 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. "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. Then he made several of them do it alone. Next four of them did it together. At last he believed he had them in condition to execute the manoeuvre properly. Then he called upon Frank to give the order again, and this time they did it as well as could be expected. He was not satisfied, and compelled the oarsmen to go through it repeatedly for half an hour.  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 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 THEN HE MADE SEVERAL OF THEM DO IT ALONE NEXT FOUR OF THEM DID IT TOGETHER AT LAST HE BELIEVED HE HAD THEM IN CONDITION TO EXECUTE THE MANOEUVRE PROPERLY THEN HE CALLED UPON FRANK TO GIVE THE ORDER AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY DID IT AS WELL AS COULD BE EXPECTED HE WAS NOT SATISFIED AND COMPELLED THE OARSMEN TO GO THROUGH IT REPEATEDLY FOR HALF AN HOUR
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