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upon the water like tlie full moon. Then she 

 slides on into the dim and even dimmer distance, 

 and we slide on over the tropic sea, and, by a splen- 

 did run, just catch the tide at the moment of its 

 full, early the next morning, and pass the bar off 

 Sandy Hook without a moment of time or an inch 

 of water to spare. 



