He saw a boy driving two horses, which were towing a canal-boat.

Some time since, when the French Government were anxious to get supplies of grain from the Levant, for the north of France, they sent steamers to the Straits, to be ready to tow the vessels through, an example worthy of imitation, in other times besides seasons of famine.

"However, if you know Panama" "Did you try to tow the ship?"

"Dab," said Ford Foster, "you've forgotten to unhitch the 'Jenny,' Here she is, towing astern.

At 2 a.m. weighed, and towed the schooner to the upper end of the spit off Sandy Island, when she grounded, but was warped off at 4; the wind and tide were now adverse, and we therefore anchored in two fathoms.

I helped you into port at Beaufort, and gave up the salvage; and now I'll help tow your whale alongside, and see you fairly through this business, too.

After that we started for Poughkeepsie and that was as far as he was going to tow us, because he had to tow a barge down to New York.

Ansell Smith's, the oldest and principal clearing about this lake, appeared to be quite a harbor for bateaux and canoes; seven or eight of the former were lying about, and there was a small scow for hay, and a capstan on a platform, now high and dry, ready to be floated and anchored to tow rafts with.

The steamer Ballarat was engaged to tow the Monarch up to the town of Brisbane; but having struck on a rock near Ipswich, sank, and the steamer Hawk was engaged to tow up the river.

"We ought to push on, but while we might tow the hulk under, we can't tow her down channel.

"We ought to push on, but while we might tow the hulk under, we can't tow her down channel.

In these vessels they use no cordage of hemp; even their hawsers or towing ropes being made of canes, about fifteen paces long, which they split into thin pieces from end to end, and bind or wreath together into ropes, some of which are three hundred fathoms long, and serve for dragging their vessels up or down the river; each vessel having ten or twelve horses for that purpose.

" "Haul the spanker-boom to windward," shouted the pilot; "lower away the boats, and tow the ship's head roundclear away the stream anchoraft gib-sheetboard main tack, again.

" For week after week, and month after month, Captain Covajos, in the corsair vessel, sailed here and there in search of Apple Island, always towing after him the "Horn o' Plenty," with the corsairs on board, but never an island with a school on it could they find; and one day old Baragat came to the Captain and said: "If I were you, sir, I'd sail no more in these warm regions.

The leading ship was listing badly, her tripod mast with its spotting top hung far over to port, and she was towing stern first a sister ship whose bows were almost hidden under water.

It was only this and the fact that night interrupted operations that kept Apollophanes from burning some of the ships and towing all the rest away.

We towed all the stuff up the river seven miles, and then packed it to Sheep Camp.

Those remarkable haulers, the caterpillar tractors, cut many a passage through the sand, tugging heavy guns and ammunition, stores for the air and signal services, machinery for engineers and mobile workshops, and sometimes towing a weighty load of petrol to satisfy their voracious appetites for that fuel.

Illustration #4 "We towed the saplings and started down stream" All the fellows were there except Skinny, because the doctor made him stay home on account of being all played out.

"On the 23d, in the evening, it again fell calm; the Ladrones towed out fifteen junks in two divisions, with the intention of surrounding them, which was nearly effected, having come up with and boarded one, when a breeze suddenly sprang up.

"Now what can we do for you?" "Please stand by, and let's see if we can get away," answered Frank, "if not we'll have to go on board, and tow the hydroplane behind, but since relieved of so much extra weight the pontoons have risen again; and I expect she'll go.

The jolly-boat was in attendance to tow the cutter as fast to whirlwind as she drifted, so as to keep the line during the time it was running out as nearly up and down as possible.

It didn't take long to get under way, and the little craft was soon scudding through the water at a good pace, towing the dinghy behind her.

Mark now made a voyage to Loam Island, in quest of a cargo, using the raft, and towing the dingui.

A boat was immediately lowered and a hawser carried to her bows, by which we towed her a short distance; but our steam engine did not like this drudgery, and snapped the rope repeatedly, so that at last we were obliged to leave her to her fate.