The Fifth Book Chapter IX
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Having effectively ballasted the holds of our human vessels, we weighed anchor, hoised up sail, stowed the boats, set the land, and stood for the offing with a good loom gale, and for extra haste unpareled the mizen-yard, and launched it and the sail over the lee-quarter, and fitted gyves to maintain it regular, and Wood Ranger official boomed it out