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| 5 | 188 | Men on the masts of the Portia were unslinging the ropes which View more quotes about held">held the tops of the long, heavy planked constructions back against the masts. |
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| 5 | 185 | On the deck of the Portia there seemed no more than fifteen or twenty figures. |
| 5 | 186 | "What are they doing?" asked a man. |
| 5 | 187 | "I do not know," I said. |
| 5 | 188 | Men on the masts of the Portia were unslinging the ropes which held the tops of the long, heavy planked constructions back against the masts. |
| 5 | 189 | These constructions were mounted on platforms. |
| 5 | 190 | When freed of the masts they leaned back against the platforms. |
| 5 | 191 | Other men were busying themselves at the foot of the masts, where they were lengthening and playing out the chains that attached the platforms to the masts. |