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The wind is howling overhead and the rain roaring on the deck . December 30. This morning we went to work emptying the hatches and stowing the copra that came aboard last night . When we sailed up to the passage at eight , three more ...
The wind is howling overhead and the rain roaring on the deck . December 30. This morning we went to work emptying the hatches and stowing the copra that came aboard last night . When we sailed up to the passage at eight , three more ...
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gust of wind struck us , canting the blowing so fiercely we could not stand schooner far over on her beam . without a support . When we had the yards clear he heaved and strained , pulling a new foresail out of the lazaret ; then we ...
gust of wind struck us , canting the blowing so fiercely we could not stand schooner far over on her beam . without a support . When we had the yards clear he heaved and strained , pulling a new foresail out of the lazaret ; then we ...
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It seemed sophisticated , forced , unreal , here at sea , where sky , wind , and water are pregnant with the realities of existence . I could take no interest in the easy flow of meticulously chosen words when from beyond the thin ...
It seemed sophisticated , forced , unreal , here at sea , where sky , wind , and water are pregnant with the realities of existence . I could take no interest in the easy flow of meticulously chosen words when from beyond the thin ...
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