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| 4 | 110 | It has a diameter of about thirty inches. |
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| 4 | 107 | Only two of the View more quotes about forkbeard">Forkbeard's men did not rest, he at the helm, bare-headed, looking to sea, and the fellow at the height of the mast, on lookout. |
| 4 | 108 | The helmsman studies the sky and the waters ahead of the serpent; beneath clouds there is commonly wind; and he avoids, moving a point or more to port or starboard, areas where there is little wave activity, for they betoken spots in which the serpent might, for a time, find itself becalmed. |
| 4 | 109 | The lookout stood upon a broad, flat wooden ring, bound in leather, covered with the fur of sea sleen, which fits over the mast. |
| 4 | 110 | It has a diameter of about thirty inches. |
| 4 | 111 | It sets near the top of the mast, enabling the man to see over the sail, as well as to other points. |
| 4 | 112 | He, standing on this ring, fastens himself by the waist to the mast by looping and buckling a heavy belt about it, and through his master belt. |
| 4 | 113 | Usually, too, he keeps one hand on or about the mast. |