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The Ark was not stove in. We beached her very successfully. I say this in defence of my seamanship, which was top notch for my day." "Couldn't sail six weeks without fouling a mountain peak!" sneered Wren, perceiving a chance to get even. THE ARC WAS NOT STOVE IN WE BEACHED HER VERY SUCCESSFULLY I SAY THIS IN DEFENCE OF MY SEAMANSHIP WHICH WAS TOPNOTCH FOR MY DAY COULDN'T SAIL SIX WEEKS WITHOUT FOULING A MOUNTAIN PEAK SNEERED WREN PERCEIVING A CHANCE TO GET EVEN
-quarter of one per cent. “The _Flying Dutchman_,” he pursued, “ain’t no good for your purposes. She’s too fast. She’s built to fly by, not to stop. You’d catch up with the House-boat in a minute with her, but you’d go right on and disappear like a visionary; and as for the Ark, she’d never do—with all respect to Mr. Noah. She’s just about as suitable as any other waterlogged cattle-steamer’d be, and no more—first-rate for elephants and kangaroos, but no good for cruiser-work, and so slow she wouldn’t make a ripple high enough to drown a gnat going at the top of her speed. Furthermore, she’s got a great big hole in her bottom, where she was stove in by running afoul of—Mount Arrus-root, I believe it was called when Captain Noah went cruising with that menagerie of his.” “That’s an unmitigated falsehood!” cried Noah, angrily. “This man talks like a professional amateur yachtsman. He has no regard for facts, but simply goes ahead and makes statements with an utter disregard of the truth. OUNT SHOULD BE AN EIGHTH OR ONE QUARTER OF ONE PER CENT THE FLYING DUTCHMAN HE PURSUED AIN'T NO GOOD FOR YOUR PURPOSES SHE'S TOO FAST SHE'S BUILT TO FLY BY NOT TO STOP YOU CATCH UP WITH THE HOUSE BOOAT IN A MINUTE WITH HER BUT YOU GO RIGHT ON AND DISAPPEAR LIKE A VISIONARY AND AS FOR THE ARC SHE'D NEVER DO WITH ALL RESPECT TO MISTER NOAH SHE'S JUST ABOUT AS SUITABLE AS ANY OTHER WATER LOG CATTLE STEAMER'D BE AND NO MORE FIRST RATE FOR ELEPHANTS AND KANGAROOS BUT NO GOOD FOR CRUISER WORK AND SO SLOW SHE WOULDN'T MAKE A RIPPLE HIGH ENOUGH TO DROWN A GNAT GOING AT THE TOP OF HER SPEED FURTHERMORE SHE'S GOT A GREAT BIG HOLE IN HER BOTTOM WHERE SHE WAS STOVE IN BY RUNNING A FOWL OF MOUNT HEIRESS ROUTE I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED WHEN CAPTAIN NOAH WENT CRUISING WITH THAT MENAGERIE OF HIS THAT'S AN UNMITIGATED FALSEHOOD CRIED NOAH ANGRILY THIS MAN TALKS LIKE A PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR YACHTSMAN HE HAS NO REGARD FOR FACTS THAT SIMPLY GOES AHEAD AND MAKES STATEMENTS WITH AN UTTER DISREGARD OF THE TRUTH
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