5/10 We want practised oarsmen for our present service. While we are absent, Uncle Ben will instruct the rest of the boys in rowing." Captain Sedley and Mr.Walker then seated themselves in the stern sheets of the Bluebird. "Tony, you will follow us." The two boats darted out of the inlet, leaving Uncle Ben in charge of the "recruits." The Lily and the Dart were eight-oar boats, while the Dip carried only four, and was designed as a "tender" for the fleet. Uncle Ben assigned places to the boys, though there were about thirty left after the oars were all manned. After an hour's drilling, he got the crews so they could work together, and the boats were then employed in conveying the rest of the party over to the boat-house. |