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bowl into a tub,another drove them off
with a pump; and whilst every sailor
was hard at work - as it concerned his
own safety - one minding the rudder,
another hauling the foresail,another the
mainsheet, Jennariello ran up to the
topmast, to see with a telescope if he
could discover any land where they
might cast anchor.
And lo! whilst he was measuring a
hundred miles of distance with two
feet of telescope, he saw a dove and
its mate come flying up and alight
upon the sail-yard. Then the male
bird said, “Coo, coo! Coo, coo!"
And his mate answered, "What's
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