Word: this-a
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Dates: during 1884-1884
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...best answer the purpose, as it is ragged on a wooden frame which folds up into a small compass. They are usually square at the ends and are consequently slow sailors. Moreover, there is one serious objection to them, as the writer has learned from real experience, and it is this-a canvass canoe which weighs when new only twenty pounds will, after a month's knocking about, be found to greatly increase in weight. This may be avoided if the precaution is taken to dry it thoroughly each time after using and not leave it to soak...