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| 31 | 24 | When inserted into the windlass they are View more quotes about normally">normally locked within it, as they were now, by a pin-and-lock device. |
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| 31 | 21 | There were five large poles, or bars, set in the windlass. |
| 31 | 22 | At each, five men, chained as I was, labored. |
| 31 | 23 | These poles may be inserted into the windlass and, if one wishes, removed from it. |
| 31 | 24 | When inserted into the windlass they are normally locked within it, as they were now, by a pin-and-lock device. |
| 31 | 25 | The collars and neck chains keep men fastened to the pole, whether it is inserted within the windlass or not. |
| 31 | 26 | When moving about, the pin-and-lock device opened, the men will carry the pole with them. |
| 31 | 27 | When the pole is on the ground, and not lifted, one can rise no higher, of course, than on one's knees, with one's head deferentially lowered. |