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Book of the Ship, The By G Gibbard Jackson Hard Cover 1938?
The Book of the Ship By G Gibbard Jackson Hard Cover Illustrated with drawings and photographs 248 pages
Who made the first boat? That we shall never know. It is very possible that a boy, sporting about in a river, made the first little voyage. Possibly this boy was bathing, and swimming to and fro in a stream. As he swims he sees a tree trunk coming his way, brought down by floods. He is probably a little tired, so he swims to the log and gets astride it. The log goes floating down the stream, the boy in high glee at such easy travelling. At last he decides he must land. What shall he do ? Leave the log to go on downstream, and so be lost to him? No, it will be splendid to have it again tomorrow; he will tell others, and they can join in the fun.
But the log is in mid-stream, how can it be brought safely to the bank? The boy tries many ways, and at length he finds that if he kicks out, as if swimming, he can guide the log in whatever direction he chooses. He guides it to the nearest bank, and lands, first taking care to tie up his craft with reeds, or similar material. Let us follow, in imagination, the next step. The following morning there are several boys astride the log, and all shout in high glee at the wonderful adventure.
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