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Few things can be named that more potently challenge our admiration than a full sized ship under way; her myriad of ropes, sails and appointments, all so complete and well controlled, the power of her volition, the promptness with which she obeys the slightest movement of the helm, the majestic grace of her inclination to the power of the winds, and the foaming prow and long glistening wake, all go to make up the charm and peculiarity of a nautical picture. FEW THINGS CAN BE NAMED THAT MORE POTENTLY CHANGE OUR ADMIRATION THAN A FULL SIZED SHIP UNDER WAY HER MYRIAD OF ROPES SAILS AND APPOINTMENTS ALL SO COMPLETE AND WELL CONTROLLED THE POWER OF HER VOLITION THE PROMPTNESS WITH WHICH SHE OBEYS THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT OF THE HELM THE MAJESTIC GRACE OF HER INCLINATION TO THE POWER OF THE WINDS AND THE FOAMING PROW AND LONG GLISTENING WAKE ALL GO TO MAKE UP THE CHARM AND PECULIARITY OF A NAUTICAL PICTURE
g of our Union. THE SEA-WITCH. CHAPTER I. OUTWARD BOUND. OUR story opens in that broad, far-reaching expanse of water which lies deep and blue between the two hemispheres, some fifteen degrees north of the equator, in the latitude of Cuba and the Cape Verd Islands. The delightful trade winds had not fanned the sea on a finer summer's day for a twelvemonth, and the waves were daintily swelling upon the heaving bosom of the deep, as though indicating the respiration of the ocean. It was scarcely a day's sail beyond the flow of the Caribbean Sea, that one of those noblest results of man's handiwork, a fine ship, might have been seen gracefully ploughing her course through the sky-blue waters of the Atlantic. She was close-hauled on the larboard tack, steering east-southeast, and to a sailor's eye presented a certain indescribable something that gave her taut rig and saucy air a dash of mystery, which would have set him to speculating at once as to her character and the trade she followed. ITCH BY MURRAY MATCHARINE BALLOO CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER ONE OUTWARD BOUND OUR STORY OPENS IN THAT BROAD FAR REACHING EXPANSE OF WATER WHICH LIES DEEP AND BLUE BETWEEN THE TWO HEMISPHERES SOME FIFTEEN DEGREES NORTH OF THE EQUATOR IN THE LATITUDE OF CUBA AND THE CAPE VERD ISLANDS THE DELIGHTFUL TRADE WINDS HAD NOT FANNED THE SEA ON A FINER SUMMER'S DAY FOR A TWELVEMONTH AND THE WAVES WERE DAINTILY SWELLING UPON THE HEAVING BOSOM OF THE DEEP AS THOUGH INDICATING THE RESPIRATION OF THE OCEAN IT WAS SCARCELY A DAY'S SAIL BEYOND THE FLOW OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA THAT ONE OF THOSE NOBLEST RESULTS OF MAN'S HANDIWORK A FINE SHIP MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN GRACEFULLY PLOUGHING HER COURSE THROUGH THE SKY BLUE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC SHE WAS CLOSE HAULED ON THE LARBOARD TACK STEERING EAST SOUTHEAST AND TO A SAILOR'S EYE PRESENTED A CERTAIN INDESCRIBABLE SOMETHING THAT GAVE HER TROUT RIG AND SAUCY AIR A DASH OF MYSTERY WHICH WOULD HAVE SET HIM TO SPECULATING AT ONCE AS TO HER CHARACTER AND THE TRADE SHE FOLLOWED
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