Then the fishery was neglected by the natives, who were content to use the "sixerns," or six-oared fishing boats, till the last quarter of the 19th century, when boats of modern type were introduced. [Please select]
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"A four-oared galley, did you say." [Please select]
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A moment later he had stepped into his four-oared barge and was skimming lightly down the Great Pass toward the Gulf. [Please select]
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I embarked at Cenchreae in a fifty-oared Samian vessel, the best ship that ever was built. [Please select]
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We had but got back to our camp, when, looking out, we saw a well-manned four-oared boat making for the shore. [Please select]
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At the haven they found the Protector ready, a ten-oared galley manned by Captain Stubbard's men, good samples of Sea-Fencibles. [Please select]
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The governor embarked in the galley "Santiago" and took under his charge the other galleys and oared vessels. [Please select]
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I very well remember what you were when you went upon your long-oared ship away from Ithaca. [Please select]
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Then the galleys got their chance again--an absolutely perfect chance, because Drake's fleet was becalmed at the very worst possible place for sailing ships and the very best possible place for the well-oared galleys. [Please select]