The Lakeman now patrolled the barricade, all the while keeping his eye on the Captain, and jerking out such sentences as these:--'It's not our fault; we didn't want it; I told him to take his hammer away; it was boy's business; he might have known me before this; I told him not to prick the buffalo; I believe I have broken a finger here against his cursed jaw; ain't those mincing knives down in the forecastle there, men? look to those handspikes, my hearties. [Please select]
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The American sailors above them fired volleys into their faces, and beat them back with handspikes. [Please select]
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They continued to heave over with the handspikes for some time longer. [Please select]
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Again we gave another heave, and smashed both the handspikes. [Please select]
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The windlass is now to be turned by means of the handspikes, and it will raise the machine of itself without danger. [Please select]
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Some are worked by handspikes and windlasses, some by blocks and pulleys, others by capstans, others again by means of drums. [Please select]
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