Canoemates a Story of the Florida Reef And Everglades
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The reason for such an early start was that, with four boats in tow, even the Transit could not be expected to make very good speed, and Mr. Carey was anxious to cover the sixty-mile run to Cape Sable before dark. For the first three hours Sumner was kept con- stantly at the helm, directing the course of the schooner through a multiplicity of tortuous chan- nels, between coral-reefs, oyster- bars, and a score of low-lying mangrove keys. All this time Lieu- tenant Carey stood beside him, keeping... track of the courses steered and noting on his chart the position of the channels, together with the names of- the keys, so far as Sumner was able to give them. The knowledge that the lad displayed of these uncharted waters, and the skill with which he handled the schooner, so excited the lieuten- ant's admiration that he finally said : " I declare, Sumner, I don't believe there is a better pilot in the whole Key "West sponging -fleet than you! How on earth do you remember it all ?" " I don't know, " laughed Sumner, " I expect it comes natural, as the man said when asked what made him so lazy.
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