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Chapter 15

           Thishuskwasverytough,andwhenanumberofthethreadswerejoinedtogethertheyformedexcellentcordage.Atfirstwetiedthedifferentlengthstogether;butthiswassuchaclumsyandawkwardcomplicationofknotsthatwecontrived,bycarefulinterlacingoftheendstogetherbeforetwisting,tomakegoodcordageofanysizeorlengthwechose.Ofcourseitcostusmuchtimeandinfinitelabour;butJackkeptupourspiritswhenwegrewweary,andsoallthatwerequiredwasatlastconstructed.

           Plankswerenowcutoffthechestnut-treesofaboutaninchthick.Theseweredressedwiththeaxebutclumsily,foranaxeisill-adaptedforsuchwork.Fiveoftheseplanksoneachsideweresufficient;andweformedtheboatinaveryrounded,barrel-likeshape,inordertohaveaslittletwistingoftheplanksaspossible,foralthoughwecouldeasilybendthem,wecouldnoteasilytwistthem.Havingnonailstorivettheplankswith,wethrewasidetheordinaryfashionofboat-buildingandadoptedoneofourown.Theplankswerethereforeplacedoneachother’sedges,andsewedtogetherwiththetoughcordagealreadymentioned;theywerealsothussewedtothestem,thestern,andthekeel.Eachstitchortiewassixinchesapart,andwasformedthus:Threeholeswereboredintheupperplankandthreeinthelower,theholesbeingaboveeachotherthatis,inaverticalline.Throughtheseholesthecordwaspassed,andwhentied,formedapowerfulstitchofthree-ply.

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