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Chapter 15

           Nowthesquaringandshapingofthese,andthecuttingofthegroovesinthekeel,wasaneasyenoughmatter,asitwasallworkfortheaxe,intheuseofwhichJackwasbecomewonderfullyexpert;butitwasquiteadifferentaffairwhenhecametonailingtheribstothekeel,forwehadnoinstrumentcapableofboringalargehole,andnonailstofastenthemwith.Wewere,indeed,muchperplexedhere;butJackatlengthdevisedaninstrumentthatservedverywell.Hetooktheremainderofourhoop-ironandbeatitintotheformofapipeorcylinder,aboutasthickasaman’sfinger.Thishedidbymeansofouraxeandtheoldrustyaxewehadfoundatthehouseofthepoormanattheothersideoftheisland.This,whenmaderedhot,boredslowlythroughthetimbers;andthebettertoretaintheheat,Jackshutuponeendofitandfilleditwithsand.True,theworkwasveryslowlydone;butitmatterednotwehadlittleelsetodo.Twoholeswereboredineachtimber,aboutaninchandahalfapart,andalsodownintothekeel,butnotquitethrough.Intothesewereplacedstoutpegsmadeofatreecallediron-wood,andwhentheywerehammeredwellhome,thetimberswereasfirmlyfixedasiftheyhadbeennailedwithiron.Thegunwales,whichwereverystout,werefixedinasimilarmanner.Butbesidesthewoodennails,theywerefirmlylashedtothestemandstern-postsandribsbymeansofaspeciesofcordagewhichwehadcontrivedtomakeoutofthefibroushuskofthecocoa-nut.

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