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Then they turned the wicker frame upside down and stretched the hides of animals over the whole frame and bottom. With pitch, gum, or grease, they covered up the cracks or seams. Then they shaped paddles out of wood. THEN THEY TURNED THE WICKER FRAME UPSIDE DOWN AND STRETCHED THE HIDES OF ANIMALS OVER THE WHOLE FRAME AND BOTTOM WITH PITCH GUM OR GREASE THEY COVERED UP THE CRACKS OR SEAMS THEN THEY SHAPED PADDLES OUT OF WOOD
 or oars, or much less to put engines in their bowels, or iron chimneys for smoke stacks, by which we see the mighty ships driven across the ocean without regard to wind or tide. This great benefactor taught his people to make coracles, and on these the whole tribe of thousands of Cymric folk crossed over into Britain, landing in Cornwall. The old name of this shire meant the Horn of Gallia, or Wallia, as the new land was later named. We think of Cornwall as the big toe of the Mother Land. These first comers called it a horn. It was a funny sight to see these coracles, which they named after their own round bodies. The men went down to the riverside or the sea shore, and with their stone hatchets, they chopped down trees. They cut the reeds and osiers, peeled the willow branches, and wove great baskets shaped like bowls. In this work, the women helped the men. The coracle was made strong by a wooden frame fixed inside round the edge, and by two cross boards, which also served as seats.  MASTS OR WITH SAILS RUDDERS OR OARS OR MUCH LESS TO PUT ENGINES IN THEIR BOWELS OR IRON CHIMNEYS FOR SMOKESTACKS BY WHICH WE SEE THE MIGHTY SHIPS DRIVEN ACROSS THE OCEAN WITHOUT REGARD TO WIND OR TIDE THIS GREAT BENEFACTOR TAUGHT HIS PEOPLE TO MAKE CORACLES AND ON THESE THE WHOLE TRIBE OF THOUSANDS OF CIMRIC FOLK CROSSED OVER INTO BRITAIN LANDING IN CORNWALL THE OLD NAME OF THIS SHIRE MEANT THE HORN OF GALLIA OR RALIA AS THE NEW LAND WAS LATER NAMED WE THINK OF CORNWALL AS THE BIG TOE OF THE MOTHERLAND THESE FIRST COMERS CALLED IT A HORN IT WAS A FUNNY SIGHT TO SEE THOSE CORACLES WHICH THEY NAMED AFTER THEIR OWN ROUND BODIES THE MEN WENT DOWN TO THE RIVER SIDE OR THE SEASHORE AND WITH THEIR STONE HATCHETS THEY CHOPPED DOWN TREES THEY CUT THE REEDS AND OSIERS PEELED THE WILLOW BRANCHES AND WOVE GREAT BASKETS SHAPED LIKE BOWLS IN THIS WORK THE WOMEN HELPED THE MEN THE CORACLE WAS MADE STRONG BY A WOODEN FRAME FIXED INSIDE ROUND THE EDGE AND BY TWO CROSS BOARDS WHICH ALSO SERVED AS SEATS
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