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"Now, boys, I want you to larn somethin', so as to know where you are. Some on you better write it down; and don't forgit it." Several of them took paper and pencils from their pockets, and were ready to write down what was said. "The for'd part of the boat is the bow; also the fore sheets," continued the old sailor. "The after part, where the coxswain sets, is the starn sheets. The middle of the boat is the waist. NOW BOYS I WANT YOU TO LARN SOMETHING SO AS TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE SOME ON YOU BETTER WRITE IT DOWN AND DON'T FORGET IT SEVERAL OF THEM TOOK PAPER AND PENCILS FROM THEIR POCKETS AND WERE READY TO WRITE DOWN WHAT WAS SAID THE FORWARD PART OF THE BOAT IS THE BOW ALSO THE FORE SHEETS CONTINUED THE OLD SAILOR THE AFTER PART WHERE THE COXSWAIN SETS IS THE STARN SHEETS THE MIDDLE OF THE BOAT IS THE WAIST
ou can't row yet no more'n a codfish can go up a ladder. You don't know how." "I think we can row, Uncle Ben," said Charles uneasily. "I know you can't. If you don't want to larn, say so, and I'll make the boat fast to the stake again," added the old boatman sharply, as though he meant what he said. "We do! We do!" protested the boys with one voice. "Then be quiet, and keep your ear-ports wide open. The boy next to the bow is the bowman. The stroke oarsman is the one farthest aft, or nearest the starn. Each on 'em has a boat-hook. Now take 'em, and shove her off." The two boys obeyed, and placing the point of the boat-hooks against the rock, shoved off with all their might; and the Zephyr receded from the shore till the wind took her, and drove her out under the lee of Centre Island. Here he directed Tony to throw the grapnel, a small anchor with four flukes, overboard, as much to assure the impatient oarsmen that there was to be no rowing at present, as to hold the boat where she was. THEM OFF YOU'VE GOT SOME THINGS TO LEARN YOU CAN'T ROW YET NO MORE'N A CODFISH CAN GO UP A LADDER YOU DON'T KNOW HOW I THINK WE CAN ROW UNCLE BEN SAID CHARLES UNEASILY I KNOW YOU CAN'T IF YOU DON'T WANT ALARN SAY SO AND I'LL MAKE THE BOAT FAST TO THE STAKE AGAIN ADDED THE OLD BOATMAN SHARPLY AS THOUGH HE MEANT WHAT HE SAID WE DO WE DO PROTESTED THE BOYS WITH ONE VOICE THEN BE QUIET AND KEEP YOUR EAR PORTS WIDE OPEN THE BOY NEXT TO THE BOW IS THE BOWMAN THE STROKE OARSMAN IS THE ONE FARTHEST AFT OR NEAREST THE STARN EACH ON EM HAS A BOAT HOOK NOW TAKE EM AND SHOVE HER OFF THE TWO BOYS OBEYED AND PLACING THE POINT OF THE BOAT HOOKS AGAINST THE ROCK SHOVED OFF WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT AND THE ZEPHYR RECEDED FROM THE SHORE TILL THE WIND TOOK HER AND DROVE HER OUT UNDER THE LEE OF CENTER ISLAND HERE HE DIRECTED TONY TO THROW THE GRAPNEL A SMALL ANCHOR WITH FOUR FLUKES OVERBOARD AS MUCH AS TO ENSURE THE IMPATIENT OARSMAN THAT THERE WAS TO BE NO ROWING AT PRESENT AS TO HOLD THE BOAT WHERE SHE WAS
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