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 1    1,    5|         only 70 tons. She had two masts and all the sails and rigging
 2    2,    5|          long the cracking of the masts, and the rattling of the
 3    2,    5|    redoubled its fury, making the masts bend beneath the weight
 4    2,    5|          the captain expected the masts would break short off. John
 5    2,    7|           obliged to cut away the masts. A leak sprang in the hold,
 6    2,    8| investigations by a survey of the masts and rigging.~“You have a
 7    3,    4|       that it allowed play to the masts, which were violently shaken
 8    3,    4|           press of canvas, or his masts would inevitably have come
 9    3,    4|       themselves. He examined the masts. The wind freshened, and
10    3,    6|       nine miles. Nothing but the masts could supply suitable materials.~
11    3,   15|     nearer. They made out her two masts, bare of sails, and the
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