Down Among the Dead Men1961 |
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Page 13
... tide ? " David gave him a severe look . " What have you been doing all the week - working ? " he asked scornfully . " Too busy to look up your tide tables ? High water 6.41 A.M. And I trust you'll be up to catch it . " David stayed for ...
... tide ? " David gave him a severe look . " What have you been doing all the week - working ? " he asked scornfully . " Too busy to look up your tide tables ? High water 6.41 A.M. And I trust you'll be up to catch it . " David stayed for ...
Page 26
... tide running out fast , her keel was by now firmly embedded , and nothing would shift her . Already they could see little white wavelets beginning to break on the topmost point of the sandbank , as the retreating tide left only a few ...
... tide running out fast , her keel was by now firmly embedded , and nothing would shift her . Already they could see little white wavelets beginning to break on the topmost point of the sandbank , as the retreating tide left only a few ...
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... tide , it is submerged to a depth of three feet , and it would have been very little trouble to take a boat - load of the trea- sure over the spit at high water , dump it overboard and bury it when the tide was out . Then , in about six ...
... tide , it is submerged to a depth of three feet , and it would have been very little trouble to take a boat - load of the trea- sure over the spit at high water , dump it overboard and bury it when the tide was out . Then , in about six ...
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