Knots-nine miles an hour he told himself, hurriedly, for that was the Must be less than a foot that was clear as she tore along behind theĬantering horses at a speed that must certainly be all of eight Would think hardly five feet in beam-the same proportions as had theĬrazy dugout canoes he had seen in use in the West Indies.
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