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Chapter 28

           Thiswasamostarduoustask,andmyfirstattemptswerecompletefailures,owing,inagreatdegree,tomyreprehensibleignoranceofmechanicalforces.ThefirsterrorImadewasinapplyingmyapparatusofblocksandpulleystoaropewhichwastooweak,sothattheveryfirstheaveImadebrokeitintwo,andsentmestaggeringagainsttheafter-hatch,overwhichItripped,andstrikingagainstthemain-boom,tumbleddownthecompanion-ladderintothecabin.Iwasmuchbruisedandsomewhatstunnedbythisuntowardaccident.However,IconsidereditfortunatethatIwasnotkilled.InmynextattemptImadesureofnotcomingbyasimilaraccident,soIunreevedthetacklingandfitteduplargerblocksandropes.ButalthoughtheprincipleonwhichIactedwasquietcorrect,themachinerywasnowsomassiveandheavythatthemerefrictionandstiffnessofthethickcordagepreventedmefrommovingitatall.Afterwards,however,Icametoproportionthingsmorecorrectly;butIcouldnotavoidreflectingatthetimehowmuchbetteritwouldhavebeenhadIlearnedallthisfromobservationandstudy,insteadofwaitingtillIwasforcedtoacquireitthroughthepainfulandtediouslessonsofexperience.

           Afterthetacklingwaspreparedandingoodworkingorder,ittookmethegreaterpartofadaytohoistthemaintopsail.AsIcouldnotsteerandworkatthisatthesametime,Ilashedthehelminsuchapositionthat,withalittlewatchingnowandthen,itkepttheschoonerinherpropercourse.

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