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"Oars!" The crew instantly levelled their oars, feathering the blades. Not one of them was permitted to touch the water. This manoeuvre was executed quite as well as the others had been, and the boys were praised without stint by the venerable instructor. OARS THE CREW INSTANTLY LEVELLED THEIR OARS FEATHERING THE BLADES NOT ONE OF THEM WAS PERMITTED TO TOUCH THE WATER THIS MANOEUVRE WAS EXECUTED QUITE AS WELL AS THE OTHERS HAD BEEN AND THE BOYS WERE PRAISED WITHOUT STINT BY THE VENERABLE INSTRUCTOR
one filled out what the others had forgotten. We have tried to be perfect." "Glad to hear it, youngsters; and you have been very near perfect so far. Go on, Frank." "Stand by! Give way together!" This was the most difficult movement of the whole; but the boys, for this reason, had practised it the most in their thoughts, and in their dummy rehearsals, and it was done as well as the others had been, much to the surprise of Uncle Ben, who had been sure they would fail on this command. They did not fail, and caught the stroke as well as though they had been practising for a month. The boat went off at great speed; and Ben had hardly a word of fault to find with the rowing, though he corrected some of the individual movements. He permitted the crew to pull the whole length of the lake; but Frank, prompted by Ben, had slowed them down to the measured stroke of the cutter of a man-of-war. "Stand by to lay on your oars!" said the coxswain, when the boat was approaching the mouth of the river. Y WE PRACTICED IT TOGETHER AND SOME ONE FILLED OUT WHAT THE OTHERS HAD FORGOTTEN WE HAVE TRIED TO BE PERFECT GLAD TO HEAR IT YOUNGSTERS AND YOU HAVE BEEN VERY NEAR PERFECT SO FAR GO ON FRANK STAND BY GIVE WAY TOGETHER THIS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT MOVEMENT OF THE HOLE BUT THE BOYS FOR THIS REASON HAD PRACTISED IT THE MOST IN THEIR THOUGHTS AND IN THEIR DUMMY REHEARSALS AND IT WAS DONE AS WELL AS THE OTHERS HAD BEEN MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF UNCLE BEN WHO HAD BEEN SURE THEY WOULD FAIL ON THIS COMMAND THEY DID NOT FAIL AND CAUGHT THE STROKE AS WELL AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN PRACTISING FOR A MONTH THE BOAT WENT OFF AT GREAT SPEEDS AND BEN HAD HARDLY A WORD OF FAULT TO FIND WITH THE ROWING THOUGH HE CORRECTED SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL MOVEMENTS HE PERMITTED THE CREW TO PULL THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE LAKE BUT FRANK PROMPTED BY BEN HAD SLOWED THEM DOWN TO THE MEASURED STROKE OF THE CUTTER OF A MAN OF WAR STAND BY TO LAY ON YOUR OARS SAID THE COXSWAIN WHEN THE BOAT WAS APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER
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