It would take some time, of course, but it might be a good deal of time saved in the long run.

We could do a great deal of sailing.

The gig stands well up to canvas when the crew are sitting in the bottom, and we could fit her out with a native rig.
"From here to Cape La Move, following the indentations, must be somewhere between five and six hundred miles, perhaps more than that.

The breeze is regular, and with a sail we ought to make from forty to fifty miles a day--say forty--so that in three weeks we should thoroughly have searched the coast, even allowing for putting in three or four times a day to make inquiries.

The yacht must follow, keeping a few miles astern.