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and a boy for the crew. I pay one of these 

 men, the first mate, $50 a month. He is an 

 experienced sea-dog and an expert hunter 

 and guide. The cook, the second man, costs 

 $16 a month, and a cabin boy, $8. We can 

 keep her in commission six months of the 

 year at a total cost, including provisions, of 

 $750, which is cheaper than we can live 

 ashore. 



Such a craft is the most useful boat in 

 Virginia waters a man can build. She will 

 go into more places and do more things than 

 any other boat of her size afloat. She is so 

 powerfully built that she stands up straight 

 on a sand-bar or mud-flat as comfortably as 

 afloat and without damage. We can anchor 

 on the feeding grounds of wild fowl where the 

 tide leaves her high and dry twice a day, and 

 stay as long as we like. She is a powerful sea 

 boat when she drops her centreboard and 

 draws 10 feet of water, and if overtaken in such 

 a storm at sea that she could not live, she can 



