. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . ailed in thecoves along the beach. He showed them just how to trim the sails and set therudder, so that the boat would tack and sail against the wind, on the wind,he called it. About this time they heard that the new ship, now all rigged and with all sailsin place, had been taken to the neighboring port and was taking on her cargo fora long voyage. As they wanted to see the ship again, the Captain took them onthis little journey to see the work being done at the docks. Loading a ship is always a strenuous and hurly-burly affair,
. The seashore book : Bob and Betty's summer with Captain Hawes . ailed in thecoves along the beach. He showed them just how to trim the sails and set therudder, so that the boat would tack and sail against the wind, on the wind,he called it. About this time they heard that the new ship, now all rigged and with all sailsin place, had been taken to the neighboring port and was taking on her cargo fora long voyage. As they wanted to see the ship again, the Captain took them onthis little journey to see the work being done at the docks. Loading a ship is always a strenuous and hurly-burly affair, with much bustle,shouting, hauling, pushing, and pulling. The children, under Patseys lead,found a good point of vantage on top of some boxes, and watched the work. Busy stevedores, who had charge, were hurrying the longshoremen, whorolled barrels, and carried bags up the gangplank into the ship, to be snuglystowed away between decks. Bales and boxes were being hoisted over the rail,to be lowered through the hatches into the hold. The donkey engine buzzed, the. mate shouted orders, and everything, to the children, seemed confusion, but itwas orderly confusion, for the work was rapidly going ahead. The great quantityof goods which went aboard astonished Bob and Betty; they had never seen somany boxes, barrels, bales, and bags before. And yet this was only the beginning,for the Captain told them that even at this rate it would still take many days toload the ship. When the first of the cargo went aboard, the vessel sat high out of the water,but when all should be in and stowed safely away, she would settle deep down toher water line. This was where the green and black paint met. All this hadbeen planned before she was built, Captain Hawes explained; the ship designerknew just how she should sit in the water when loaded; there was no guessworkabout it. The ship was to go on an Eastern voyage. He had often been out there, awayoff in the China seas, where strange craft came about y
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