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 1    1,    9|     but the yacht did not drop anchor in any; she continued her
 2    1,   10|        route, till she dropped anchor at the port of Talcahuano,
 3    1,   10|   vessel, that she might weigh anchor at the same time. There
 4    2,    2|  vessels were lying quietly at anchor there, for the coast abounds
 5    2,    3|      entered the bay, and cast anchor in the port of Cape Town.
 6    2,    3|      moment the DUNCAN dropped anchor about a mile off Amsterdam
 7    2,    4|      few minutes afterward the anchor was lifted, and the screw
 8    2,    4|      frogs, that he raised his anchor with all possible speed,
 9    2,    6|    captain’s first care was to anchor his vessel securely. He
10    2,   18|    were over, the DUNCAN would anchor in Twofold Bay, and twenty-four
11    2,   19|    thought it his duty to cast anchor in Twofold Bay, for the
12    3,    1|         Whether or no, I weigh anchor.”~“We will be punctual.”~
13    3,    2|        At half past twelve the anchor was weighed, having been
14    3,    5|    have had to sail by day and anchor at night.”~“Then those wretches
15    3,    6|       and revolvers.~A holding anchor was also put on board in
16    3,    6|     they would be compelled to anchor and wait for the next tide,
17    3,    6|        either make the land or anchor to save themselves from
18    3,    6| hesitate a moment.~“Let go the anchor,” said he.~Mulrady, who
19    3,    6| execute this order, let go the anchor in five fathoms water. The
20    3,    6|      cable might break, or his anchor lose its hold, and in either
21    3,    6|        and then he ordered the anchor to be weighed. But the anchor
22    3,    6|  anchor to be weighed. But the anchor flukes had been so imbedded
23    3,    6|     rope, thus sacrificing his anchor, and also the possibility
24    3,    6|       shore. Having lost their anchor, they were at the mercy
25    3,   21|    coast, and next day dropped anchor in the bay of Talcahuano.
26    3,   21|      At 11 oclock she dropped anchor off Dunbarton, and at 2
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