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Adam and the two boys had not sailed very far in the dirty little boat, when they found out why the persons who had been using her had left her and taken The Rolling Stone in her place.
This little boat, on the stern of which was painted the name "Maggie," was very leaky, and required continual bailing. Her sailing tackle was out of order, and she was a very undesirable boat. But Phœnix and Phil bailed away bravely with a couple of tin cans which they found on board, and Adam, having steered into the mouth of the smaller river, put the boat before the wind and sailed along at a good rate.