...no ship's boat, but a sea-going vessel in her own right of some sixty tons' burthen with gun-muzzles at her side, and sails and rigging of a size to match, towering over the narrow hull with a grace that promises an ardent turn of speed in the lightest of airs. With her single soaring mast and mainsail, and the topsail and jibs that crowd about her spars, she is the lightest, swiftest little ship Tom has ever seen upon the high seas...

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