This Ship is carried along by the wind, which blows against her white sails, which you can see all spread from the mast.

Her hull sits on the water and slides along throwing the waves on each side.

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The great Whale, and the Porpoise, and the hungry Sharks, all play round the great Ship, and seem to wonder what mighty thing it is that is swimming through the sea and keeps always on the top of the water, not sinking down and coming up again as they do.

sailor rowing