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Except for a tiny leak down in the fore-peak, with which we sailed from Baltimore and which is bailed out with a pail once in several weeks, the Elsinore is bone-dry.
CHAPTER XXXVI 2010
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She has taken in very little in the main hold; but the fore-peak is full, as I thought, through some careless fellow not putting on the hatch and battening it down again after we got up these new sails.
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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The sailors in the fore-peak, with a chorus of startled oaths, leaped from the bunks, and fled to the deck.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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After he was taken he, with his crew of ten, were thrust into the fore-peak, and put in irons.
American Prisoners of the Revolution Danske Dandridge
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On the instant, he rushed to the fore-peak, seized the wallet and the black bag, and fled again to the deck.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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Mr Marline had believed that when the fore-peak was clear of water the
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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The chain-cable was next unshackled from the ring in the anchor-stock and rattled down into the locker in the fore-peak; after which, the starboard hawse-hole was plugged up to prevent any water from finding its way below through the orifice.
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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It seemed to him for a blessed minute that Plutina was actually there beside him in the tiny, rocking space of the fore-peak; that the warmth of her hand-clasp thrilled into the beating of his pulses.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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"Well, sir, you were a true prophet this time," replied the first mate equally well pleased at the result, although it went against his own prognostication; "I only hope you'll get the fore-peak free as easily; for, then, we'll float on an even keel."
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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Then he grinned vaingloriously into the darkness of the fore-peak.
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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