Sam reached the floating cask and got a handhold on the protrudingspigot. He twisted aside his upper body, but the thrust raked underhis raised left arm. Each masonryblock weighed a ton or more and had to be manhandled up the ricketyscaffolding of bamboo poles and planks. Plenty of fish.
As he landed on the sand he threw back his head, uttered ablood-curdling Gaelic war-cry, then went bounding up the steep beach. As he watched, Kleinhans'hand began to tremble so violentlythat the sweet Constantia wine spilled over the rim of the glass heheld. Sir Francis ordered Daniel to steerdirectly to the Goddess. The massive spar was almost as long as thegalleon and had to be carefully manoeuvred from its resting place inthe bowels of the hold.
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