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Page 70
He could start with a scrap of bacon rind and soon parlay it up through several
sizes of bait fish to a whopper that would feed half the crew . When a complicated
maneuver came up , such as going alongside dockno easy trick with a twenty ...
He could start with a scrap of bacon rind and soon parlay it up through several
sizes of bait fish to a whopper that would feed half the crew . When a complicated
maneuver came up , such as going alongside dockno easy trick with a twenty ...
Page 71
But there were good reasons for her matronly shape , as I learned many years
later from a veteran of half a century in sail and steam , Captain Fred K .
Klebingat . In the humid , hot South Seas , who wanted to suffocate below decks
?
But there were good reasons for her matronly shape , as I learned many years
later from a veteran of half a century in sail and steam , Captain Fred K .
Klebingat . In the humid , hot South Seas , who wanted to suffocate below decks
?
Page 200
Now began the fight to get out to the ship . For awhile it appeared we might be
joining Johnson . A dozen times we launched that blasted boat into the surf , only
to have it dragged back again , half full of water , trying its best to turn broadside ...
Now began the fight to get out to the ship . For awhile it appeared we might be
joining Johnson . A dozen times we launched that blasted boat into the surf , only
to have it dragged back again , half full of water , trying its best to turn broadside ...
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| Title | Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War |
| Author | Kemp Tolley |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Naval Institute Press, 1973 |
| ISBN | 0870211323, 9780870211324 |
| Length | 345 pages |
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