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underlined: page 2 continued . on the second day the Spoonbill sprang a bad leak from the swelling of the bottom timbers;
two of them crumpled out thus, at a drawing point where they were badly nailed, I had to run her ashore for repairs. I turned
her upside down on a pebly bar, took out one of the timbers, whittled it carefully down to the right dimensions, replaced
it, nailed it tight fast with a stone for a hammer: then caulked the new joint, shoved her back into the current, rechristened
her The Snagjumper . She afterwards behaved splendidly in the most trying places, leaked only at the rate of fifteen tin cupfuls
per hour. Her performances in the way of drawing of boat snagjumping are truly wonderful Most snags are covered with slimy
algae lean downstream, the sloping bows of the jumper enabled her the jumper to glance gracefully up over them when not too
high above the water, while her lightness prevented any strain sufficient to crush her bottom. On one occasion 00314