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to leave their hiding place and take to their
ocr>   wings again, so after their little anchor bad been
fix>   wings again, so after their little anchor had been
drawn out of the mud, carefully washed, and
then stowed away where it would take little
room and not be in the way, each of the occupants
of the double cockpit set about carrying
out their customary duties when a launching was
in order.

"All set, Mister Pilot!" remarked Perk,
finally, "give her the gun, boy!"

With only a fraction of the rush and roar
usually connected with a start, the amphibian,
with cut-out choked down, commenced to glide
through the water of the partly enclosed bay,
heading straight for the jaws of land beyond
ocr>   whick lay the open and mighty gulf.
fix>   which lay the open and mighty gulf.

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