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"It has set her to waltzing, Mr. Faulkner," said his superior; "but she improves her speed upon to it, and I think the breeze freshens from this new quarter." "Yes, sir. Do you see the long bank of white hereaway to the south southwest; it looks like a fog bank, but may be a squall," said the mate. "There are few squalls in these latitudes, Mr. Faulkner, and yet I don't like the looks of the weather in the southern board," said the captain, as he gazed to windward, with a quick, searching glance. IT HAS SET HER TO WALTZING MISTER FAULKNER SAID HIS SUPERIOR BUT SHE IMPROVES HER SPEED UPON TO IT AND I THINK THE BREEZE FRESHENS FROM THIS NEW QUARTER YES SIR DO YOU SEE THE LONG BANK OF WHITE HEREAWAY TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST IT LOOKS LIKE A FOG BANK BUT MAY BE A SQUALL SAID THE MATE THERE ARE FEW SQUALLS IN THESE LATITUDES MISTER FAULKNER AND YET I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHERN BOARD SAID THE CAPTAIN AS HE GAZED TO WINDWARD WITH A QUICK SEARCHING GLANCE
s draw by altering the vessel's course a point or two more free. "Here it is, sure enough," said the captain, "from the southwest. Up with the men forward once more, Mr. Faulkner!--we must humor our beauty." "All hands oil deck!" shouted the mate at the hatch--an order which as before was perfectly obeyed. Almost as quickly as the foremast had been stripped of the square rig it had at first borne, it was once more clothed again with its topsail and mainsail, and in less than fifteen minutes the "Sea Witch" was under a cloud of canvass, with studd'nsails out on both sides, while the fore and aft sails on the main and mizzen were boomed out wing and wing dead before the wind. The staysails and jibs were hauled down now as useless, and the vessel flew like a courser. The change of wind had brought the sea up, and the vessel had a gradual roll, causing the waves now and then to come gracefully in over the waist, while the extreme fore and aft parts of the handsome craft were perfectly dry.  AS HE TRIED TO MAKE THE SAILS DRAW BY ALTERING THE VESSEL'S COURSE A POINT OR TWO MORE FREE HERE IT IS SURE ENOUGH SAID THE CAPTAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP WITH THE MEN FORWARD ONCE MORE MISTER FAULKNER WE MUST HUMOR OUR BEAUTY ALL HANDS OIL DECK SHOUTED THE MATE AT THE HATCH AN ORDER WHICH AS BEFORE WAS PERFECTLY OBEYED ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS THE FOREMAST HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF THE SQUARE RIG IT HAD AT FIRST BORNE IT WAS ONCE MORE CLOTHED AGAIN WITH ITS TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL AND IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES THE SEA WITCH WAS UNDER A CLOUD OF CANVAS WITH STUDD'NSAILS OUT ON BOTH SIDES WHILE THE FORE AND AFT SAILS ON THE MAIN AND MIZZEN WERE BOOMED OUT WING AND WING DEAD BEFORE THE WIND THE STAYSAILS AND JIBS WERE HAULED DOWN NOW AS USELESS AND THE VESSEL FLEW LIKE A COURSER THE CHANGE OF WIND HAD BROUGHT THE SEA UP AND THE VESSEL HAD A GRADUAL ROLL CAUSING THE WAVES NOW AND THEN TO COME GRACEFULLY IN OVER THE WAIST WHILE THE EXTREME FORE AND AFT PARTS OF THE HANDSOME CRAFT WERE PERFECTLY DRY
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