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  • Half-a-dozen strong hands walked along the ledge with the sternfast, helping to drag us from the cave.

    Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

  • A third man threw down a sternfast to secure her; a fourth jumped into the bow and began to put a long splice into the painter which we had cut.

    Jim Davis John Masefield 1922

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