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tow-line, the former should give way to the latter; but when a barge towing is passed by a pleasure-boat towing, the latter should give way and go outside, as a small boat is the easier of the two to manage, in addition to which the river is the barge’s highway.
7. A row-boat must give way to a sailing-boat.
8. When a row-boat and a steamer pass each other, their actions should, as a rule, be governed by the same principle as on two row-boats passing ; but in shallow waters the greater draughts of the steam-vessel should be remembered, and the row-boat give way to her.
