canoe

• Just as the canoe was about to pass beyond the line of their vision a stir was heard in their camp. —  Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
• But it requires careful steering, as the canoe is a cranky vessel at the best, and only those thoroughly accustomed to them ought to try to sail them The trip across to the Spider Islands was safely accomplished. —  Three Boys in the Wild North Land
• So now only a hundred-odd feet separated them, but they could come no nearer, for the canoe was abeam and slowly drifting past Stella saw the man stoop and stand up with a coil of line in his hand. —  Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
• By grasping in his hand two or three stalks of the rice-plant, and holding them firmly, the drift of the canoe was arrested After a moment's reflection, le Bourdon was better satisfied with this new station than he had been on first gaining it. —  Oak Openings
• Once their canoe was attacked by a female whose calf had been speared, and nearly overturned. —  Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

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