Морской волк

Chapter 6

           Herbeam,orwidth,istwenty-threefeet,andherlengthalittleoverninetyfeet.Aleadkeeloffabulousbutunknownweightmakesherverystable,whileshecarriesanimmensespreadofcanvas.Fromthedecktothetruckofthemaintopmastissomethingoverahundredfeet,whiletheforemastwithitstopmastiseightortenfeetshorter.Iamgivingthesedetailssothatthesizeofthislittlefloatingworldwhichholdstwenty-twomenmaybeappreciated.Itisaverylittleworld,amote,aspeck,andImarvelthatmenshoulddaretoventuretheseaonacontrivancesosmallandfragile.

           WolfLarsenhas,also,areputationforrecklesscarryingonofsail.IoverheardHendersonandanotherofthehunters,Standish,aCalifornian,talkingaboutit.TwoyearsagohedismastedtheGhostinagaleonBeringSea,whereuponthepresentmastswereputin,whicharestrongerandheavierineveryway.Heissaidtohaveremarked,whenheputthemin,thathepreferredturningherovertolosingthesticks.

           Everymanaboard,withtheexceptionofJohansen,whoisratherovercomebyhispromotion,seemstohaveanexcuseforhavingsailedontheGhost.Halfthemenforwardaredeep-watersailors,andtheirexcuseisthattheydidnotknowanythingaboutherorhercaptain.Andthosewhodoknow,whisperthatthehunters,whileexcellentshots,weresonotoriousfortheirquarrelsomeandrascallyproclivitiesthattheycouldnotsignonanydecentschooner.

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