Life On the Mississippi, Part 2.
Life On the Mississippi, Part 2.
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Here were leagues of shore changingshape. My spirits were down in the mud again. Two things seemed prettyapparent to me. One was, that in order to be a pilot a man had got tolearn more than any one man ought to be allowed to know; and the otherwas, that he must learn it all over again in a different way everytwenty-four hours.
That night we had the watch until twelve. Now it was an ancient rivercustom for the two pilots to chat a bit when the watch changed. Whilethe relieving pilot put on his g...loves and lit his cigar, his partner, the retiring pilot, would say something like this-- 'I judge the upper bar is making down a little at Hale's Point; hadquarter twain with the lower lead and mark twain {footnote [Two fathoms. 'Quarter twain' is two-and-a-quarter fathoms, thirteen-and-a-half feet. 'Mark three' is three fathoms. ]} with the other. ' 'Yes, I thought it was making down a little, last trip. Meet any boats?' 'Met one abreast the head of 21, but she was away over hugging the bar, and I couldn't make her out entirely.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Here were leagues of shore changingshape. My spirits were down in the mud again. Two things seemed prettyapparent to me. One was, that in order to be a pilot a man had got tolearn more than any one man ought to be allowed to know; and the otherwas, that he must learn it all over again in a different way everytwenty-four hours.
That night we had the watch until twelve. Now it was an ancient rivercustom for the two pilots to chat a bit when the watch changed. Whilethe relieving pilot put on his g...loves and lit his cigar, his partner, the retiring pilot, would say something like this-- 'I judge the upper bar is making down a little at Hale's Point; hadquarter twain with the lower lead and mark twain {footnote [Two fathoms. 'Quarter twain' is two-and-a-quarter fathoms, thirteen-and-a-half feet. 'Mark three' is three fathoms. ]} with the other. ' 'Yes, I thought it was making down a little, last trip. Meet any boats?' 'Met one abreast the head of 21, but she was away over hugging the bar, and I couldn't make her out entirely.
What to read after Life On the Mississippi, Part 2.?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 to read onlineMoreLess
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