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Page 20.Behold, at last,
Each tall and tapering mast
Is swung into its place.
I wish to anticipate a criticism on this passage by stating, that sometimes, though not usually, vessels are launched fully rigged and sparred. I have availed myself of the exception, as better suited to my purposes than the general rule; but the reader will see that it is neither a blunder nor a poetic license. On this subject a friend in Portland, Maine, writes me thus:—
“ In this State, and also, I am told, in New York, ships
