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Our ship was nothing but a mass of hides, from the cat-harpins to the waters edge, and from the jib-boom-end to the taffrail.
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Our ship was nothing but a mass of hides, from the cat-harpins to the water's edge, and from the jib-boom-end to the taffrail.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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Our ship was nothing but a mass of hides, from the cat-harpins to the water's edge, and from the jib-boom-end to the taffrail.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Our ship was nothing but a mass of hides, from the cat-harpins to the water's edge, and from the jib-boom-end to the taffrail.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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The torn part of the main-top-sail flew forward, and caught in the after-part of the fore-top, where it stood spread, as one might say, held by the top, cat-harpins, rigging, and other obstacles.
Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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